Vocab Workshop H13 Word Scramble
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| accolade | n. praise or approval |
| acerbity | n. sourness or bitterness of taste, harshness of manner |
| attrition | n. the process of wearing down by friction gradually |
| bromide | n. a trite or commonplace remark |
| 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 |
| immaculate | adj. spotless, without blemish or fault |
| imprecation | n. a curse, the act of cursing |
| ineluctable | adj. able to be avoided, changed, or overcome |
| mercurial | adj. characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood |
| palliate | v. to make less serious or severe by glossing over |
| protocol | n. code of conduct - customs and regulations |
| resplendent | adj. shining or gleaming brilliantly |
| stigmatize | v. to brand or mark as in some way discreditable |
| sub rosa | adv. in secret adj. secretive |
| vainglory | n. excessive pride and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments |
| vestige | n. a trace or evidence that something once existed but is now lost |
| volition | n. the power to choose, will, or decide |
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