vocab #5

1)Obsequious: obedient, dutiful 2)Beatitude: exalted happiness 3)bete noire: disliked person or thing 4)bode: predict, announce before hand 5)dank: moist, humid, damp 6)ecumenical: general, universal 7)fervid: enthusiasm, burning in spirit 8)fetid: bad odor, stinky 9)gargantuan: gigantic, enormous 10)heyday: stage or period of success, strength, high spirits 11)Incubus: evil spirit, nightmare 12)infrastructure: the underlying framework of a system 13)inveigle: to entice by flattering talk 14)kudos: honor, glory 15)lagniappe: bonus, tip 16)prolix: long, wordy and unnecessary 17)protégé: under patronage, protection 18)prototype: model or something that is used to illustrate 19)sycophant: self-seeking flatterer 20)tautology: needless repetition of something 21)truckle: passive, willingness, submissive