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Sadlier Oxford H
WCHS Unit 13-H
Word | Definition |
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accolade | (n) praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting |
acerbity | (n) sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression |
attrition | (n) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment |
bromide | (n) a trite or commonplace remake; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative |
chauvinist | (adj) extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; (n) such a person |
chronic | (adj) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often |
expound | (v) to explain in detail |
factionalism | (n) party strife and intrigue |
immacutate | (adj) spotless; without blemish or fault |
imprecation | (n) a curse; the act of cursing |
ineluctable | (adj) not able to be avoided, changed or overcome |
mercurial | (adj) characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant |
palliate | (v) to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate |
protocol | (n) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, offical account, or record |
resplendent | (adj) shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent |
stigmatize | (v) to brand or mark as in some way idiscreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious |
sub rosa | (adv) in secret; confidentially; privately; (adj) secretive |
vainglory | (n) excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or sisplay |
vestige | (n) a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished |
volition | (n) the power to choose, will or decide; the act of choosing, willng or deciding |