Accolade: Any award, honor, or laudatory notice.
Ex:I have received many accolades from my high school.
Acerbity: Harshness or severity, as of temper or expression.
Ex: I sense acerbity in their writing.
Attrition: A wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuos pressure or harassment.
Ex: The more you grind your teeth, the more they will attrite.
Bromide: A platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring.
Ex: We continually hear that education is the bromide that will solve everything.
Chauvinist: A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory; a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a male chauvinist or a female chauvinist.
Ex: Then man was extremely chauvinistic in his comments on the lady's strength.
Chronic: Continuing a long time or recurring frequently.
Ex: I had chronic heart problems due to too much smoking.
Expound: To set forth or state in detail; to explain; interpret.
Ex: The man expounded how to set up my blog, and it helped.
Factionalism: of a faction or factions.
Ex: Frequent internal splits have produced great factionalism.
Immaculate: Free from fault of flaw; free from errors; spotless, clean.
Ex: The dress was immaculate.
Imprecation: The act of imprecating; cursing.
Ex: The boy avoided the imprecation that was his teacher's long lectures, rants.
Ineluctable: Incapable of being evaded; inescapable
Ex: The man had an ineluctable fate.
Mercurial: Changeable; volatile; fickle; erratic
Ex: The bomb was extremely mercurial.
Palliate: To relieve or lessen without cursing; mitigate; alleviate.
Ex: Applying pressure to an open wound palliates the pain.
Protocol: The customs and regulation dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
Ex: It was protocol to clock in everyday before beginning work.
Resplendent: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid.
Ex: The troops were resplendent in their white uniforms.
Stigmatize: To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Ex: The crimes of the father's stigmatized the whole family.
Sub Rosa: Confidentially; secretly; privately.
Ex: The man sent his message in sub rosa fashion.
Vainglory: Excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilitie , etc,; boastful vanity.
Ex: The man's vainglory was very boastful.
Vestige: A mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence.
Ex: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.
Volition: The act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing.
Ex: She left at her own volition.
Ex:I have received many accolades from my high school.
Acerbity: Harshness or severity, as of temper or expression.
Ex: I sense acerbity in their writing.
Attrition: A wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuos pressure or harassment.
Ex: The more you grind your teeth, the more they will attrite.
Bromide: A platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring.
Ex: We continually hear that education is the bromide that will solve everything.
Chauvinist: A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory; a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a male chauvinist or a female chauvinist.
Ex: Then man was extremely chauvinistic in his comments on the lady's strength.
Chronic: Continuing a long time or recurring frequently.
Ex: I had chronic heart problems due to too much smoking.
Expound: To set forth or state in detail; to explain; interpret.
Ex: The man expounded how to set up my blog, and it helped.
Factionalism: of a faction or factions.
Ex: Frequent internal splits have produced great factionalism.
Immaculate: Free from fault of flaw; free from errors; spotless, clean.
Ex: The dress was immaculate.
Imprecation: The act of imprecating; cursing.
Ex: The boy avoided the imprecation that was his teacher's long lectures, rants.
Ineluctable: Incapable of being evaded; inescapable
Ex: The man had an ineluctable fate.
Mercurial: Changeable; volatile; fickle; erratic
Ex: The bomb was extremely mercurial.
Palliate: To relieve or lessen without cursing; mitigate; alleviate.
Ex: Applying pressure to an open wound palliates the pain.
Protocol: The customs and regulation dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
Ex: It was protocol to clock in everyday before beginning work.
Resplendent: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid.
Ex: The troops were resplendent in their white uniforms.
Stigmatize: To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Ex: The crimes of the father's stigmatized the whole family.
Sub Rosa: Confidentially; secretly; privately.
Ex: The man sent his message in sub rosa fashion.
Vainglory: Excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilitie , etc,; boastful vanity.
Ex: The man's vainglory was very boastful.
Vestige: A mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence.
Ex: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.
Volition: The act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing.
Ex: She left at her own volition.
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