Vocabulary #3

accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
I was given an accolade for passing multiple AP tests.
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner
Substitute teachers tend to have an acerbity in the classroom because they don't know what they're doing.
attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction
I used attrition with my hands so that they wouldn't be cold.
bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark
Captain Obvious could be called Captain Bromide.
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind Humans are the chauvinists of this Earth even though we have no right to be.
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
I had a chronic back pain my entire season.
expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state
I expounded my Beowulf essay with an extension of the feminist perspective in the story.
 factionalism - noun of a a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization
Regional factionalism is associated wit h political parties in the US.
immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
After spell check, my essay was immaculate.
imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation
The Vice President sleeping with his secretary is an imprecation.
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
The dawn of application season is coming, it is ineluctable.
mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change
The Raiders winning the superbowl is mercurial.
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Lawyers try to palliate the sentence the defense receives.
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
There is a protocol for how to act in a work environment.
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor
I woke up to a resplendent morning with the sun peering through my blinds.
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock.
sub rosa- confidentially; secretly; privately, under the rose
I snuck away to his in a sub rosa way.
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit
Hlf the nation had vainglory for Obama.
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present
the footprints leading to the door were a visage to show that I was not alone.
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
When it comes to the volition of colleges, i'm going to very indecisive.