Obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Beatitude: supreme blessedness.
Bete noire: a detested person
Bode: to be an omen of a particular outcome
Dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold
Ecumenical: worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
Fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree
Fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant
Gargantuan: enormous
Heyday: The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime
Incubus: a nightmare
Infrastructure: is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
Kudos: fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement
Lagniappe: something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
Prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
Protégé: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person
Prototype: an early sample, model or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from
Sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
Truckle: To be servile or submissive.
Accolade: An award or privilege granted for special honor.
Acerbity: Sharp bitterness.
Attrition: The action of weakening by attack or pressure.
Bromide: An unoriginal idea or remark.
Chauvinist: A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.
Chronic: On going.
Expound: Present and explain systematically and in detail.
Factionalism: Relating or belonging to a faction.
Immaculate: Perfectly clean and tidy.
Imprecation: A spoken curse.
Ineluctable: Unable to be resisted or avoided.
Mercurial: Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
Palliate: To make less severe or unpleasant.
Protocol: The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic
occasions.
Resplendent: Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
Stigmatize: Describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
Sub rosa: Happening or done in secret.
Vainglory: Inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessively vain.
Vestige: A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
Volition: The faculty or power of using one's will
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