Monday, August 27, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #3

accolade
acerbity
attrition
bromide
chauvinist
chronic
expound
factionalism
immaculate
imprecation
ineluctable
mercurial
palliate
protocol
resplendent
stigmatize
sub rosa
vainglory
vestige
volition

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  1. Accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play receivedaccolades from the press.
    Acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
    attrition:a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Ourclub has had a high rate of attrition because so many membershave moved away.
    Bromide: a person who is platitudinous and boring.
    chauvinist :a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especiallyone devoted to military glory.
    Chronic:constant; habitual; inveterate:
    expound:to set forth or state in detail:
    factionalism:of a faction or factions.
    immaculate:free from fault or flaw; free from errors
    imprecation:the act of imprecating; cursing.
    ineluctable:incapable of being evaded; inescapable
    mercurial:animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
    palliate:to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
    protocol: the customs and regulations dealing with diplomaticformality, precedence, and etiquette.
    resplendent:shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid:
    stigmatize:to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon:
    sub rosa: confidentially; secretly; privately.
    vainglory:excessive elation or pride
    vestige: a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is nolonger present or in existence
    volition:the act of willing, choosing, or resolving

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