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Kinch vocab 9

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dank
(adj.) unpleasantly damp; clammy, moist, soggy
sycophant
(n.) someone who attempts to advance themself through flattery; a slanderer, defamer, yes-man, toady, flunky, bootlicker
heyday
(n.) the period of greatest power, the prime years; golden age
gargantuan
(adj.) of immense size; huge, colossal, mammoth
bete noire
(n.) someone that one especially dislikes; pet peeve, bugbear, nemesis, Clayton
truckle
(v.) to yield tamely; kowtow, stoop, grovel
protege
(n.) someone whose welfare is under partonage of an influential person; ward, charge, disciple, trainee
inveigie
(v.) to entice or lure by flattery; induce, beguile, cajole, wheedle
incubus
(n.) a demon supposed to haunt humans in their bedrooms at night; hobgoblin, millstone, burden
beatitude
(n.) a state of perfect happiness; a blessing, bliss, rapture
fervid
(adj.) burning with enthusiasm, extremely heated; ardent, zealous, fervent, earnest
prolix
(adj.) long-winded, tending to speak or write in such a way; verbose, garruluos
lagniappe
(n.) an extra gift; bonus
bode
(v.) to be an omen of, to indicate by signs; presage, augur, foreshadow
infrastructure
(n.) a basic foundation, a system of public works; base, basis, underpinning
tautology
(n.) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; redundancy, pleonasm
ecumenical
(adj.) worldwide in influence; general, comprehensive
prototype
(n.) an original pattern, a primitive form; archetype
fetid
(adj.) having an unpleasant odor; smelly, putrid, noisome, malodorous
kudos
(n.) the acclaim that comes as a result of some action; glory, praise, accolades

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