Sophia Palumbo Level H Unit #13

1. accolade (n) – praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting

2. acerbity (n) – sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression

3. attrition (n) - the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment

4. bromide (n) – a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative

5. chauvinist (adj) – extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; such a person

6. chronic (adj) -

7. expound (v) – to explain in detail

8. factionalism (n) – party strife and intrigue

9. immaculate (adj) – spotless; without blemish or fault

10. imprecation (n) – a curse; the act of cursing

11. ineluctable (adj) – not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome

12. mercurial (adj) - characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant

13. palliate (v) - to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing;
mitigate

14. protocol (n) - customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or
among diplomats

15. resplendent(adj) - shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent

16. stigmatize (v) - to brand or mark in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious

17. sub rosa (adv) - in secret; confidentially; private; secretive

18. vainglory (n) - excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's accomplishments or qualities; a vain
show or display

19. vestige (n) - a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished

20. volition (n) - the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding