accolade- a gift or privilege granted as a high honor. The student's accolade for doing extremely well in high school was getting to go to MIT for college.
acerbity- sharp speech, or a sour taste (technical meaning). The man exclaimed out with acerbity, "wow, thats sour!" when he bit into and unripe, acerbic orange.
attrition- the act of weakening through constant bombardment. The castle wall went through so much attrition through the viking siege, that it collapsed.
bromide- a hackneyed comment intended to sooth, or the monoatomic ion Br-. The man said bromides to cheer up his friend.
chauvinist- somebody who displays fanatical devotion to something like a race, gender or country. The male chauvinist attacked feminism with loose, non-logical arguments.
chronic- never ending, or constantly occurring. Personally, I have chronic nosebleeds, and have been cauterized three times.
expound- to present and explain an idea or theory. My grandfather expounded his studies in the area of nuclear physics in his doctoral thesis.
factionalism- the act of breaking into factions. On a Minecraft server I used to play on, factionalism was prevalent, and the sever politics was lead by two large factions and their leaders.
immaculate- perfectly clean. I like my room immaculate, but my backpack is a different story.
imprecation- a spoken curse. Witches in colonial and european folklore often conduct their hexes and charms through imprecations.
ineluctable- unable to be escaped or avoided. Tractor beams in science fiction stories, like Star Wars are often ineluctable.
mercurial- a person with sudden changes in mood or mind. Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet is very mercurial.
palliate- to make palatable. Bill Cosby said that he palliated his children's food with brown sugar.
protocol- official procedure. It is protocol in Red Dwarf to place crew members who were exposed to alien viruses to be placed in three months quarantine, with one bunk per registered crew member, according to Space Corp Directive 595.
resplendent- attractive through rich colors. People often find the dress of Brazilian Carnival resplendent, but Karl Pilkington from An Idiot Abroad does not.
stigmatize- to brand or stereotype somebody. In The Inbetweeners, Will is immediately stigmatized as a nerd in his new school.
acerbity- sharp speech, or a sour taste (technical meaning). The man exclaimed out with acerbity, "wow, thats sour!" when he bit into and unripe, acerbic orange.
attrition- the act of weakening through constant bombardment. The castle wall went through so much attrition through the viking siege, that it collapsed.
bromide- a hackneyed comment intended to sooth, or the monoatomic ion Br-. The man said bromides to cheer up his friend.
chauvinist- somebody who displays fanatical devotion to something like a race, gender or country. The male chauvinist attacked feminism with loose, non-logical arguments.
chronic- never ending, or constantly occurring. Personally, I have chronic nosebleeds, and have been cauterized three times.
expound- to present and explain an idea or theory. My grandfather expounded his studies in the area of nuclear physics in his doctoral thesis.
factionalism- the act of breaking into factions. On a Minecraft server I used to play on, factionalism was prevalent, and the sever politics was lead by two large factions and their leaders.
immaculate- perfectly clean. I like my room immaculate, but my backpack is a different story.
imprecation- a spoken curse. Witches in colonial and european folklore often conduct their hexes and charms through imprecations.
ineluctable- unable to be escaped or avoided. Tractor beams in science fiction stories, like Star Wars are often ineluctable.
mercurial- a person with sudden changes in mood or mind. Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet is very mercurial.
palliate- to make palatable. Bill Cosby said that he palliated his children's food with brown sugar.
protocol- official procedure. It is protocol in Red Dwarf to place crew members who were exposed to alien viruses to be placed in three months quarantine, with one bunk per registered crew member, according to Space Corp Directive 595.
resplendent- attractive through rich colors. People often find the dress of Brazilian Carnival resplendent, but Karl Pilkington from An Idiot Abroad does not.
stigmatize- to brand or stereotype somebody. In The Inbetweeners, Will is immediately stigmatized as a nerd in his new school.
sub rosa- done in a clandestine manner. Many of Edmund Blackadders cunning plans in Blackadder are sub rosa.
vainglory- excessive vanity. In the United States, we tend to rattle off about out country with vainglory, even though we are not the best behaved country in the world.
vestige- the trace of something that is extinct. Vestiges of our ancestors can tell us the functions of our vestigial organs, such as our appendix.
volition- the power of using ones will. In The Mighty Boosh, death tells Howard Moon that he can pick up a cup with his own volition in a hunting.
vainglory- excessive vanity. In the United States, we tend to rattle off about out country with vainglory, even though we are not the best behaved country in the world.
vestige- the trace of something that is extinct. Vestiges of our ancestors can tell us the functions of our vestigial organs, such as our appendix.
volition- the power of using ones will. In The Mighty Boosh, death tells Howard Moon that he can pick up a cup with his own volition in a hunting.
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