Vocab #6

obsequious(adj)-Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
It seems that obsequious people tend to get the most help from the teacher.

beatitude(noun)- supreme blessedness
My parents coming home safely from Mexico was a beatitude for my whole family.

bete noire(noun)- a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
PETA's bete noire is mainly for people who wore animal furs.

bode(verb)-be an omen of a particular outcome
Rain Clouds bode for special occasions.

dank(adj) -disagreeable damp moist or musty.
Dank basements always seem to show up in scary movies.

ecumenical(adj)-universal.
Dogs and cats seem to be an ecumenical animal in american households.

fervid(adj)-intensly enthusiastic Or passionate.
Fervid workers are ones who love their job.

fetid(adj)-smelling extremely unpleasant.
When the women walked into the haunted house, a fetid smell surrounded her senses. 

gargantuan(adj)-enormous.
The US has a gargantuan amount of debt to pay.

 heyday(noun)- a period of a persons greatest success, Popularity or vigor. Many famous people's heydays happen once they die.

incubus(noun) a cause Of distress or anxiety. The death in her family acted as an incubus for 4 years. 

infrastructure(noun)- the basic physical and organizational structure. When the planes hit the twin towers, the whole infrastructure went down.

 inveigle(verb)- to persuade Someone by means of deseption or flattery Men often inveigle women to like them.

 kudos(noun)-praise and honor received for an achievement.
Kudos to Felicitas Ruiz for using kudos in one of her comments on Dr. Preston's Blog.

 lagniappe(noun)-something given as a bonus or extra gift.
 Trophies, awards and metals all act as lagniappes for the people who win.

prolix(adj)-using or containing to many words.
When I was young I would write prolix papers because I thought I would look smarter.

protege(noun)- a person who is guided by or supports a more influential person.
Many famous people have their protege travel with them to make it seem as if they have many friends and are very popular. 

prototype(noun)-A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
The prototype toy was given to the children to see if they would like it. 

sycophant(noun)-a servile flatterer.
 A sycophant is evident to all the people in the class, including the teacher.

tautology(noun)-The saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style.
Tautology is a bad habit that I used when I tried making my papers look bigger.

truckle(verb)Submit or behave obsequiously
The obsequious sycophant acted truckle towards the teacher.