Vocabaulary 6

beatitude- Supreme blessedness bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided) bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant gargantuan- of great mass heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously http://marriagarhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/09/beatitude-supreme-blessedness-bete.html & special thanks to Michelle Arriaga. Her blog link is above.