Vocabulary #4

obsequious - adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

-She always has an obsequious manner when she talk to her teachers.
beatitude - noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); a state of supreme happiness

-Sierra is in beatitude when she plays music. 
bete noire - noun a detested person

-Levi was acting as a bête noire during the play.
bode - verb indicate by signs

-They boded every emotion in their play. 
dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid

- The dank cave was hard to walk through. 
ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions

-The ecumenical crowed walked to prove their point about their religion. 
fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion

- David coughed goss and fervid mucus  while he was ill. 
fetid - adj. offensively malodorous

-The homeless man was fetid looking. 
gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky

-The sun is a gargantuan ball of gas! 
heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

- I have entered the heyday of the century. 
incubus - noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others; a situation resembling a terrifying dream

- He is an incubus being. 
infrastructure - noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the basic structure or features of a system or organization

-The building's infrastructure is very strong. 
inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

-He was very inveigled to Sarah on Friday.
kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation

-I have got to give you kudos for everything you have done for me. 
lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

-He brought me a lagniappe for my birthday. 
prolix - adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

-Her writing has a prolix feel to it. 
protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

-The security acts as her protege.
prototype - noun a standard or typical example

-The airplane was a small prototype. 
sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

- She is such a sycophant. 
tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

-Obviously what he said was tautology. 
truckle - noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; verb yield to out of weakness; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

- She truckled through the forest until she found shelter for her aching body.