Vocabulary Fall #3

1.accolade- any award, honor, or laudatory notice
The firefighter received an accolade for saving the girl from a burning building.
              
2.acerbity- harshness or severity
 Her acerbity accent made it difficult to understand one word.

3.attrition-a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength
There has rarely been an attrition in gas prices in the past year.

4.bromide-a person who is platitudinous and boring
His class became bromide with the constant long lectures.

5.chauvinist-a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
The chauvinist man expected his wive to have dinner made before he arrived home.

6.chronic-constant; habitual; inveterate
The boy who cried wolf is known as a chronic liar.

7.expound-to set forth or state in detail
The internet expounds the minds of today's people.

8.factionalism-of a faction; self-interested; partisan
Factionalism has cause the government to spiral downwards.

9.immaculate-free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean
My new white shoes were immaculate; that is until I walked through the mud.

10.imprecation-the act of imprecating;  cursing
The imprecation of the apple caused snow white to go into a deep sleep.

11.ineluctable- incapable of being evaded; inescapable
Her destiny soon became ineluctable as she was hit by the bus for a second time.

12.mercurial-changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic
Because she is bipolar, her mercurial mood kept everyone on their toes.

13.palliate-to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
Her cold slowly began to palliate without any medication. 

14.protocol-the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.

It is a protocol for the doctor to examine you before you receive a prescription.

 

15.resplendent-shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
The Pastors daughter was supposed to be resplendent in her virtues.

16.stigmatize-to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
Although she was a bright girl, cheating stigmatized her reputation with the professor.

17.sub rose-confidentially; secretly; privately
The confession to his priest was sub rosa, therefore; inadmissible to use in court.

18.vainglory-excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
 His vainglorious touchdown chant caused him to lose many fans.

19.vestige-a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence
 The only remaining vestige of Jesus is the Bible.

20.volition-the act of willing, choosing, or resolving
 Enter at your own volition.