Vocab #4

accolade

•  any award, honor, or laudatory notice

acerbity

• sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste

attrition

• a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength

bromide

• a platitude or trite saying
• a person who is platitudinous and boring

chauvinist

• a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.

chronic

• constant; habitual; inveterate

expound

• to set forth or state in detail

factionalism

• self-interested; partisan

immaculate

• free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean

imprecation

• a curse; malediction

ineluctable

• incapable of being evaded; inescapable

mercurial

• changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic

palliate

• to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate

protocol

• the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette

resplendent

• shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid

stigmatize

• to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

sub rosa

• confidentially; secretly; privately

vainglory

• excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities

vestige

• a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence

volition

• the act of willing, choosing, or resolving