accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
The mother gave an accolade motion saying that she approved of her son's friend.
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner
The woman had an acerbity kind of manner.
attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction
After a while the attrition from the tires started to ruin the tires.
bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark
Well that was a bromide statement.
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Hitler was an example of someone who had a sense of chauvinist about his character.
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
The time in this class seems to be very chronic.
expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state
The writer expounded his work to make sure it was the best it could be.
factionalism - splitting of a group into factions; Conflict between factions
When the students experienced factionalism, they felt more comfortable.
immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
The room looked very immaculate prior to this morning.
imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation
I'm scared of voodoo because there's some imprecation that goes on.
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
It was ineluctable to try to escape from the box I was hiding in.
mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury;relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change
The 2 girls had a mercurial moment when they started to hang out more.
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Sometimes I take Advil to give me a palliate sense of relief.
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
I wasn't there to attend the protocol meeting that took place earlier today.
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor
He had a resplendent characteristic about him.
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Grandpa was diagnosed with a stigmatize towards spiders.
sub - noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb be a substitute
In the time of the war, there were many times some of the soldiers had to use a sub.
rosa - noun large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
The raccoon ran and pulled a rosa up the side of the house into the rose bush.
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit
A characteristic that stands out the most within myself is that I tend to be a very vainglory kind of person.
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present
From the crime scene the detective was able to see the vestige from the burglar.
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
She was faced with a volition when it came to Subway or Burger King.
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