Unit 9 Level H Vocab

38578270	beatitude	a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
38578271	bete noire	someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
38578272	bode	to be an omen of; to indicate by signs
38578273	dank	unpleasantly damp or wet
38578274	ecumenical	worldwide or universal in influence or application
38578275	fervid	burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated
38578276	fetid	having an unpleasant or offensive odor
38578277	gargantuan	of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous prodigious
38578278	heyday	the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
38578279	incubus	a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings iin their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
38578280	infrastructure	a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations
38578281	inveigle	to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice
38578282	kudos	the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement
38578283	lagniappe	an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
38578284	prolix	long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way
38578285	protege	someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government
38578286	prototype	an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form
38578287	sycophant	someone who attempts to win favors or advance him - or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer
38578288	tautology	needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy
38578289	truckle	to yield or submit tamely or submissively