Vocabulary: Fall List #6

1. Beatitude- Supreme blessedness
2. bete noire (anathema)- someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.
3. Bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome; announce beforehand
4. Dank- unpleasantly damp, musty, and typically cold
5. Ecumenical- general; universal; Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches
6. Fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate; heated or vehement in spirit or enthusiasm. 
7. Fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant or having an offensive odor
8. Gargantuan- gigantic; enormous; colossal:
9. Heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, vigor, strength, or success; an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder
10. Incubus- A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; a cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare
11. Infrastructure- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization
12. Inveigle- to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods; persuade by trickery or cleverness
13. Kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement  
14. Lagniappe- a gift or token
15. Prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
16. Protégé- a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare
17. Prototype- the original or model on which something is based or formed
18. sycophant-A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
19. tautology- A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words
20. truckle- to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely; to give in like a coward
21. obsequious-Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree; false flattery