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Chapter 9 Vocabulary

Terms

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beatitude
(n) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
bête noire
(n) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
bode
(v) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs
dank
(m) unpleasantly damp or wet
ecumenical
(m) worldwide or universal in influence or application
fervid
(m) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated
fetid
(m) having an unpleasant or offensive odor
gargantuan
(m) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious
heyday
(n) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
incubus
(n) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
infrastructure
(n) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations
inveigle
(v) to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice
kudos
(n) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement
lagniappe
(n) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
prolix
(m) long winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way
protégé
(n) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the juridiction of a foreign country or government
prototype
(n) an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form
sycophant
(n) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer
tautology
(n) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy
truckle
(v) to yield or submit tamely or submissively
desultory
(m) pertaining to, given to, open to, or like, a dispute
disparage
(v) to belittle; speak slightingly or dishonor
veritable
(m) actual; genuine; real; true
profligate
(m) given up to vice; wicked; recklessly extravagant
punctilious
(m) very nice or precise in conduct; exact
remunerate
(v) to pay an equivalent to (a person) in return for service, loss, expense, or the like
rubricate
(v) to mark or make prominent with red
slattern
(n) a careless, slovenly woman
actuate
(v) to move or incite to effort; to put into motion
avatar
(n) a descent, as of a deity to earth in bodily form; an embodiment; a manifestation

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