VOC. #4

1.Accolade: award, honor, laudatory notice

Marco’s final goal received accolades not only from his fans, but also from the newspaper and television the next day.

2.Acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste

I had a really hard time swallowing the food on my plate, its acerbity made my throat itch.

3.Attrition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size or strength

The boss decided to make an attrition on all of the employees monthly wage.

4.Bromide: flat, dull remark

I felt pity for the girl for she only came up with bromides in her argument.

5.Chauvinist: person aggressively and blindly patriotic

I find chauvinist people quite ignorant sometimes, because they are so focused on their own country.

6.Chronic: constant, habitual

Kelly does not like change she much rather enjoys her chronic life as it is.

7.Expound: state in detail, explain, and interpret

Mr. Leal really knew how to take a subject and expound it in a way that was so simple.

8.Factionalism: practice of a faction (group, clique within larger group)

Factionalism is a daily thing on a high school campus.

9.Immaculate: free from spot, pure, perfect

To many Catholics the Virgin Mary is seen as immaculate, because she is said to be born without sin.

10.Imprecation: curse, malediction

Sarah had never believed in imprecations, but after the scary movie she could not take her mind off them.

11.Ineluctable: incapable of being escaped, ignored or avoided

His bright yellow shoes flashed under the sun’s gleam that he was just ineluctable.

12.Mercurial: changeable

What I love about my house rules is that they are mercurial.

13.Palliate: to relieve, alleviate

The Advil was able to palliate the pain for a couple of hours before it came again.

14.Protocol: regulations and customs pertaining to diplomatic formality, etiquette

Sonny thought she knew about protocol until she met Josh.

15.Resplendent: shining, gleaming

She was completely in awe when he went down on one knee and presented her with the resplendent ring.

16.Stigmatize: to set a mark of disgrace, brand, and stigma upon something/someone

Many people have a tendency of quickly stigmatizing something they know very little of.

17.sub rosa: confidentially, secretly, and privately

There are many issues that are kept sub rosa by my parents.

18.Vainglory: vain, excessive pride over one’s achievements

Jake has so much vainglory and I t is really getting on my nerves.

19.Vestige: surviving evidence or remainder that is no longer present

The tablets of unknown language served as vestiges to the people of that town.

20.Volition: exercise of willing, choosing, resolving, etc.

People practice volition everyday.