VOCAB LIST #3

accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
The giant A on her paper was an obvious accolade for her.
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner.
When she saw her boyfriends exgirlfriend she had an acerbity about her.
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
She did some serious attrition on her clothes to get the deodorant off.
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
Her sister had a habit of making bromides constantly.
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
He didn't like the word racist, so we called him a chauvinist instead.
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Her relationship was chronic compared to all her friends.
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 wanted her to expound on her essay.
factionalism - the stated or quality of being partisan or self-interested.
Factionalism is not a good quality for marriage.
immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
Her OCD caused her room to be immaculated constantly.
imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation
People who want revenge tend to imprecate innocent people.
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
Her boyfriend was ineluctable.
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
Her best friend was very mercurial when it came to making plans.
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
She tried her best to palliate the soldiers broken leg.
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
If you want to keep your job you need to follow protocol!
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor
Her piano teacher always thought music was resplendent when she played.
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
The ballerina's teacher was stigmatizing her dancing!
sub - noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb be a substitute
She subbed apples over the yummy Hershey Kisses.
rosa - noun large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
He stayed away from the rosa's because of the thorns!
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit
Beowulf had a problem with his vainglory.
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present
Seeing the fur in the house was a vestige to their mother that the dog had been in the house.
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
Senior year was full of volition for the senior class!