Vocab List #3

Accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice.
   The play accolades from the press.
Acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
   The sour candies were acerbity in my mouth.
Attrition:a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength.
   The team experienced an attrition when the older plays left.
Bromide: a person who is platitudinous and boring.
   The boy was so bromide, it was hard to tolerate.
Chauvinist :a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
   The veteran was a chauvinist.
Chronic:constant; habitual; inveterate.
   The man had chronic pain in his back so everyday tasks were even a challenge.
Expound:to set forth or state in detail.
   The writer expounded the experience.
Factionalism:of a faction or factions.
   Factionalism sometimes develops in religion. 
Immaculate:free from fault or flaw; free from errors.
  The man was innocent and became immaculate.
Imprecation:the act of imprecating; cursing.
   Every so often, I speak with imprecations.
Ineluctable:incapable of being evaded; inescapable.
   There was an ineluctable conclusion to the story.
Mercurial:animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
   Her mercurial personality attracted many people to her.
Palliate:to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
   The pain was only palliated by the pills.
Protocol: the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
   The testing was part of protocol.
Resplendent:shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid.
   Her smile was resplendent.
Stigmatize:to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
   The girls bad behavior got her stigmatized by her family.
Sub rosa: confidentially; secretly; privately.
   She keeps a lot about her sub rosa.
Vainglory:excessive elation or pride.
   His vainglory was very unattractive to the girl.
Vestige: a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence.
    Her accident left a vestige on her chest.
Volition:the act of willing, choosing, or resolving.
    It took a lot but she used volition to fix the problem.