Vocabulary #3

accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

The dad gave the boyfriend accolade to marry his daughter.

acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner

Warheads shock the consumer with its acerbity.

attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction

The attrition on the deck has worn off its new wood look.

bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark

I was surprised when my smartest friend commented a bromide remark; I was expecting something more sophisticated.

chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

A redneck is known for his chauvinist comments and ways.

chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

Many people can have chronic back pain from youth hood to adulthood.

expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state

The teacher expounded the new idea to the student so would be able to better understand.

factional- adj. self-interested; partisan.

Factional interests had obstructed justice.

imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation

Imprecations are thrown around during presidency elections from both sides.
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade

I make the ineluctable conclusion that my phone was going to die when it was 1% and my charger was no where in site.

mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury;relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change

I thought the teacher was in a mercurial mood when I walked in class, 10 minutes later he gave us a pop quiz because he thought we hadn't read what he assigned.
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

The ER doctors and nurses palliated my pain with morphine.
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

At your job, it especially important to follow protocol or you might be fired.
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor

The water had a resplendent look in the morning.
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

Teachers stigmatize cheating by threatening to give you an "F" if you are caught.
sub rosa- adj. happening or done in secret

I snuck out my window and down my balcony sub rosa.
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit

My friend was vainglorious in her winnings over the weekend.
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present

The Latin language is only a vestige of what it used to be.
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

She had volition when she decided to buy the car, even though she regretted it in a month.

immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error

Her room was immaculate, her bed was made and her clothes neatly put away.