Vocabulary #4

obsequious - adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
* The butler was always obsequious about making his master happy.

beatitude - noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); a state of supreme happiness
* When I'm around the church chorus I can feel their beatitude expanding. 

bête noire- noun  a person or thing strongly detested or avoided
* The town drunk has went so low as to now the the town's bete noire.

bode - verb indicate by signs
* Ramp agents usually have to bode so they can direct the plane where to land.

dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid
* Many people dislike Guadalupe because of its dank weather.

ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
* All catholic branches  are supposed to be ecumenical if they are to only have one pope.

fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion
* When I went backpacking in Colorado we had to cross some canyons, so  it was extremely fervid, and it was really hard for us to find water.

fetid - adj. offensively malodorous
* Theodore from, Holes, must have some very fetid armpits if they nicknamed him, Armpit.

gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky
* After my friend stopped muscle training he looked like a gargantuan.

heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
* After each year on the last day of school I feel like all my work and efforts come together to form a heyday.

incubus - noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others; a situation resembling a terrifying dream
* I feel like a nightmare will be nothing compared to and actual incubus,

infrastructure - noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the basic structure or features of a system or organization
* A company that sells toilet-paper has to have a large infrastructure if they plan to sell to the nation.

inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
* When I want something and my mom doesn't agree I have to inveigle her to agree.

kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation
* Dr.Preston has a section on the board held specifically for kudos, so that the whole class can celebrate the success of our classmates.

lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
* Sellers sometimes make the costumer think that they giving them lagniappe if they buy one thing and get the other free. 

prolix - adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
* I sometimes feel like I write too prolix and without a point to my writing.

protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
* When I think of a protege I think of someone who is very talented in a certain art, but of course they have to have a mentor. 

prototype - noun a standard or typical example
*  A prototype is something that can be very useful if you plan to sell a certain item, so you can show it to others.

sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
* Someone who wants to get a promotion is usually a sycophant. 

tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

* Usually someone who speaks aimlessly has a tendency of tautology.

truckle - noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; verb yield to out of weakness; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
* A buck bed is also known also as a truckle.