I have my own definitions on the blog so if people are looking for a different definitions or a different worded definition, you can just look at my blog.
beatitude- Supreme blessedness bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided) bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant gargantuan- of great mass heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously
1. Beatitude: (noun) supreme blessedness or happiness 2. bête noire: (noun) something that is particularly disliked 3. bode: (verb) to be an omen of, predict or foretell 4. dank: (adj.) unpleasantly damp and chilly 5. ecumenical: (adj.) universal 6. fervid: (adj.) intensely passionate 7. fetid: (adj.) having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay 8. gargantuan: (adj.) sometimes capital huge; enormous 9. heyday: (noun) the time of most power, popularity, vigor, etc; prime 10. incubus: (noun) something that oppresses, worries, or disturbs greatly, esp a nightmare or obsession 11. infrastructure: (noun) the basic structure of an organization, system, etc 12. inveigle: (verb) often fall by into or an infinitive to lead (someone into a situation) or persuade (to do something) by cleverness or trickery 13. kudos: (noun) functioning as singular acclaim, glory, or prestige 14. lagniappe: (noun) something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus, small trinket 15. prolix: (adj.) so long as to be boring; verbose 16. protégé: (noun) a person who is protected and aided by the patronage of another person 17. prototype: (noun) one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially 18. sycophant: (noun) a person who uses flattery to win favor from individuals wielding influence; toady 19. tautology: (noun) the use of words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed 20. truckle: (verb) to yield weakly; give in
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ReplyDeleteWell, my original comment was, "Darn, I was looking forward to seeing obsequious with sycophant just like sophomore year."
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ReplyDeleteI have my own definitions on the blog so if people are looking for a different definitions or a different worded definition, you can just look at my blog.
Deletebeatitude- Supreme blessedness
ReplyDeletebete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided)
bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome
dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold
ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches
fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate
fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant
gargantuan- of great mass
heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity
incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare
infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation
inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement
lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift
prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied
sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words
truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously
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ReplyDelete1. Beatitude: (noun) supreme blessedness or happiness
ReplyDelete2. bête noire: (noun) something that is particularly disliked
3. bode: (verb) to be an omen of, predict or foretell
4. dank: (adj.) unpleasantly damp and chilly
5. ecumenical: (adj.) universal
6. fervid: (adj.) intensely passionate
7. fetid: (adj.) having a stale nauseating smell, as of decay
8. gargantuan: (adj.) sometimes capital huge; enormous
9. heyday: (noun) the time of most power, popularity, vigor, etc; prime
10. incubus: (noun) something that oppresses, worries, or disturbs greatly, esp a nightmare or obsession
11. infrastructure: (noun) the basic structure of an organization, system, etc
12. inveigle: (verb) often fall by into or an infinitive to lead (someone into a situation) or persuade (to do something) by cleverness or trickery
13. kudos: (noun) functioning as singular acclaim, glory, or prestige
14. lagniappe: (noun) something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus, small trinket
15. prolix: (adj.) so long as to be boring; verbose
16. protégé: (noun) a person who is protected and aided by the patronage of another person
17. prototype: (noun) one of the first units manufactured of a product, which is tested so that the design can be changed if necessary before the product is manufactured commercially
18. sycophant: (noun) a person who uses flattery to win favor from individuals wielding influence; toady
19. tautology: (noun) the use of words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed
20. truckle: (verb) to yield weakly; give in