Vocabulary List #6

Beatitude- Supreme blessedness

bete noire (anathema)- someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

Bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome; announce beforehand

Dank- unpleasantly damp, musty, and typically cold

Ecumenical- general; universal; Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches

Fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate; heated or vehement in spirit or enthusiasm. 

Fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant or having an offensive odor

Gargantuan- gigantic; enormous; colossal:

Heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, vigor, strength, or success; an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder

Incubus- A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; a cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare

Infrastructure- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization

Inveigle- to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods

Kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement  

Lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift.

Prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

Protégé- a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare

Prototype- the original or model on which something is based or formed

sycophant-A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer

tautology- A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words

truckle- to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely; A small barrel-shaped cheese