VOCABULARY #5

obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
beatitude: supreme blessedness
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
bode: to announce beforehand, or predict
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches; nondenominational 
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, to an excessive degree
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigorincubus: something that weighs upon or oppresses someone like a nightmareinfrastructure:  the basic structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
inveigle: persuade to do something by means of flattery or deception 

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 is guided by an older and more experienced person
prototype: a first model of something
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain an advantage
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words
truckle: to submit or behave obediently

• The obsequious guy always offered to buy her lunch and carry her books, even when she didn't ask.
• His bete noire was spinach, he had always hated the vegetable.
• The psychic boded that she would have bad luck, and as she walked out of the building she tripped and broke her arm.
• The campers couldn't find dry firewood, everything they found was dank.
• The Christian family went to multiple ecumenical churches.
• Although it was their job, the cheerleaders got so fervid that it began to annoy the crowd.
• The gargantuan tree took up the entire backyard.
• He finally reached his heyday, after graduating from medical school and getting a job at a prestigious hospital.
• Her extreme incubus of heights, prevented her from ever getting on an airplane.
• The city budget included money for the renewal of infastructure, such as bridges and streets.
• The girl inveigled the worker to give her a discount by telling him he was cute.
• I gave kudos to my friend who had just graduated college.
• In addition to his salary, the manager gave the worker a lagniappe.
• The teacher critiqued her run-on sentences and said her paper was prolix.
• The pianist's protege practiced everyday so he would someday be as skilled as his mentor.
• The inventor's prototype was so basic compared to the final product.
• The sycophant of a soccer mom talked to the coach a lot, so her son would get the starting position.
• An example of tautology is something, such as, this sentence.
• The boyfriend truckled to the demands of his crazy girlfriend.