Vocab list # 3

I was absent today so I'm just going to assume that I'm supposed to post them here. haha.

Accolade; any award or honor.

The cast received accolades from their audience and every local newspaper.

Acerbity; harshness or severity.

Her mean behavior was one of acerbity.

Attrition; a decrease in numbers, size or strength.

The class was experiencing attrition because so many students were dropping it.

Bromide; a platitude or trite saying. a dull or boring person.

She had nothing interesting to say and everything she did say was bromide and lifeless.

Chauvinist; a person who is aggressively patriotic. a person who thinks one gender is superior.

His facebook status showing disrespect towards women, showed that he had the attitude of a chauvinist.

Chronic; constant or habitual.

His fever kept returning and he had a chronic cough.

Expound; to explain.

She was not understanding, so the teacher had to further expound it to her.

Factionalism; self- interested.

Factional interest consumed the mother and she neglected her children.

Immaculate; spotlessly clean.

The girl's record was immaculate and she had never gotten in trouble.

Imprecation; cursing.

The witch decided to imprecate the mean woman.

Ineluctable; inevitable, unavoidable.

The life sentence was ineluctable.

Mercurial; volatile, changeable.

The girl's mood was mercurial and unpredictable.

Palliate; to relieve.

The medicine was supposed to palliate her pain.

Protocol; code of behavior. set of rules or regulations.

The doctor needed insurance as a protocol before he took an appointment.

Resplendent; shining brilliantly. splendid.

The Christmas lights were resplendent through the town.

Stigmatize; to mark or brand with shame.

The girl was stigmatized with awful labels after she slept with a boy.

Sub rosa; privately.

The marriage was done sub rosa and hidden from the family.

Vainglory; boastful or excessive elation over a victory.

The trophy made the boy vainglory and he lost many friends because of his egotistical and cocky attitude.

Vestige; a trace of something no longer existing.

The fossils left a vestige of dinosaurs.

Volition; a choice made by will

The boy stole the car and it was a volition.