VOCAB #5

Definitions: 
1) Obsequious: submissive: excessively eager to please or obey
2) Beatitude: bliss: extreme happiness and serenity
3) Bete Noire: a person or thing that someone dislikes very much
4) Bode: be sign of something: to be a particular indication of something that is about to happen
5) Dank: damp and cold: unpleasantly damp and cold
6) Ecumenical: involving people from different kinds of Christian churches
7) Fervid: having or showing feelings that are very strong or too strong
8) Fetid: having a strong, unpleasant smell
9) Gargantuan: huge: tremendously large in amount, number, or size
10) Heyday: somebody's or something's prime: the time of somebody's or something's greatest success, popularity, or power
11) Incubus: one that oppresses or burdens like a nightmare
12) Infrastructure: basic organization: the most basic level of organizational structure in a complex body or system that serves as a foundation for the rest
13) Inveigle: persuade: to charm or entice somebody into doing something that he or she would not otherwise have done
14) Kudos: praise or honor: praise, credit, or glory for an achievement
15) Lagniappe: something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
16) Prolix: wordy: tiresomely wordy
17) Protege: a young person who is taught and helped by someone who has a lot of knowledge and experience
18) Prototype: an original or first model of something from which other forms are copied or developed
19) Sycophant: a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval
20) Tautology: a statement in which you repeat a word, idea, etc., in a way that is not necessary
21) Truckle: be submissive: to behave in a weak or servile way

Sentences: 
1) The CEO left all the unimportant tasks to her rather obsequious assistant, who she trusted to get the job done. 
2) True beatitude comes from surrounding yourself with ones you love and who treat you right. 
3) Kids who remind teachers that there is homework are the bete noire of most classrooms. 
4) The lack of rain w
e got during the winter boded a bad season for crops. 
5) Anything left to long in their dank storage shelter acquired a rather moist feeling.
6) The religion club on campus was known for their mostly ecumenical ideas about religion. 
7) The girl's fervid speech against bullying at the assembly surprised everyone, since she didn't seem like such a passionate person. 
8) The mysteriously fetid odor in her messy car led her to having a serious clean-up day. 
9) She didn't know hot to handle the gargantuan possibility that she wouldn't be living in her same town the next year. 
10) In its heyday, my grandpa's shop was the place to go for books and a cup of coffee. 
11) The guilt of what she had done attacked her at night like an relentless incubus. 
12) The complete infrastructure of the idea he had tried to build up crashed down upon him when he started to think realistically. 
13) She tried to inveigle the professor to give her a better grade so that she could keep up with her average, 
14) Kudos to whoever fixed the copy machine. 
15) As a lagniappe, the hotel threw in a small snack basket that the customers could eat without an extra charge. 
16) The good-bye was unnecessarily prolix, especially since they were to see each other the next week. 
17) The musician's protege took in as much information as he could in the years he spent learning with the master. 
18) The inventor collected his old prototypes as a symbol of his struggle. 
19) The rising star lost her trust in who really wanted the best for her after falling for a series of sycophants. 
20) “A beginner who has just started” is a tautology.
21) She was the kind of girl that truckled to anyone who gave her the time of day.