obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and
facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the
operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
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