Vocab #6...remix?

Sooo I for this weeks vocab since its from both #5,4, I wanted to remix it for my own memory, and the way I get the words to stick in my head, kinda how we did it last year in Dr. Preston's American Literature course. 

Obsequious: (adj.) Obedient; attentive.

•  OBsequious = OBedient ; both start with OB

Beatitude: (n.) Supreme blessedness or happiness.

• beatitude almost looks like the word beautiful, and when you feel beautiful you feel happy and blessed.

Bête noire: (n.) A person or thing that one dislikes.

• The fire hydrant was always seen as a bete noire, because it took up parking space. 

Bode: (v.) To be an omen of a particular outcome

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Dank: (adj.) Damp; musty, typically cold.

• dank looks like the word dark, and dark places are typically cold

Ecumenical: (adj.) General; universal; pertaining to a movement

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Fervid: (adj.) intensely enthusiastic or passionate  

• fervid looks like fervent

Fetid: (adj.) Stinking; having an offensive odor.

• fetid reminds me of the word feet, and feet smell

Gargantuan: (adj.) Enormous; colossal.

• gargantuan is a big word, looks like gigantic 

Heyday: (n.) The stage or period of greatest success.

• heyday is in your stage of success and young people want to be successful, and young people say "hey"

Incubus: (n.) An oppressive nightmare.

• After watching the scary movie she knew her night was going to be full of incubus.

Infrastructure: (n.) The fundamental framework of a system or organization

• structure= framework. 

Inveigle: (v.) To entice or lure by flattery; to beguile.

• The little sister always inveigled her sister to give her the last cookie. 

Kudos: (n.) Honor; glory; acclaim.

• Dr. preston gave the class kudos for trying to find ways to study vocab. 

Lagniappe: given as a bonus; an unexpected benefit.

• For doing really good on her econ project the teacher gave her a lagniappe of points. 

Prolix: (adj.) using to many words; wordy.

• prolix looks like prefix, and a lot of words have prefixes

Protégé: (n.) A person who is guided by an older, influential person.

• protégé= PRO, pros are influential

Prototype: (n.) Someone or something that illustrates the typical qualities of a class, model, etc.; an archetype.

• pro= a model, someone to look up to

Sycophant: (n.) A self-seeking flatterer or fawner; someone who acts obediently toward someone important in order to gain advantage; a kiss-ass.

• Everyone knew the rich kid was a sycophant to get on the teachers good side.

Tautology: (n.) Needless repetition of an idea; redundant.

• His tautology of his win was getting on everyones nerves,

Truckle: (v.) To submit or yield obediently, giving in out of fear

• truckle looks like to fall and sink down

(n) accolade- award or privilege granted as a special honor

• Accolade= Award; both start with A

(adj.) acerbity- sour or harsh expression in 

• acer- acid

 (n) attrition- the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure

• The attrition of his health was holding him back from participating in sports. 

(n) bromide- someone who is dull and boring

• bromide=bored

(n) chauvinist- a person who is very patriotic or one who believes that gender is superior to the other

• During the war it was encouraging to find chauvinists, who supported the soldiers.

(adj) chronic- (of an illness)  constant, habitual

• chronic=constant both start with a C

 (v) expound- to set forth or state in detail; interpret; explain

• EXpound= EXplain

(n) factionalism- self interest


 (adj) immaculate- perfectly clean., neat, or tidy

• immaculate looks like it has the word accurate, and some people need their room to be accurate; clean

(n) imprecation- cursing

• Imprecation was prohibited in the classroom. 

(adj) ineluctable- unable to be resisted or avoidable 

• Her beauty was so ineluctable, all the man couldn't keep their eyes off her. 

(adj) mercurial- sudden or unpredictable changes 

• mercurial looks like miracle and miracles happen all of the sudden

 (v) palliate- to relieve or lessen without curing

• The medicine was suppose to palliate the patients pain. 

(n) protocol-  the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

• The protocol of every classroom is that you have to raise your hand before answering a question.

(adj) resplendent- shining brilliantly; colorful 

• resplendent looks like splendid is in it, and colors are splendid

(v) stigmatize- describe or regard some mark of disgrace

• The police officer stigmatized their behavior as inappropriate. 

(adj) sub rosa- confidentiality; secretly; privately

• The government has many sub rosa missions.

(n)vainglory- excessive pride over one's achievements 

• gory, when you are glorious you have pride 

(n) vestige- a trace of something that is disappearing 

• Once the vestige of smoke cleared away we were able to see the road. 

(n) volition- the power of using ones will

• You have the volition to whatever you eat.