accolade noun: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit; a touch on a person's shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood.
acerbity noun: expressing harsh or sharp criticism in a clever way
attrition noun: : a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced; the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time
bromide noun: a drug that makes a person calm; a commonplace or tiresome person; a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion
chauvinist noun: undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged; an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; behavior expressive of such an attitude
chronic adjective: continuing or occurring again and again for a long time; happening or existing frequently or most of the time; always or often doing something specified
expound verb: to explain or state something; to give details about it
factionalism noun: a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization,
immaculate adjective: Especially of a person or their clothes, perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
imprecation noun: a spoken curse.
ineluctable adjective: unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
mercurial adjective: of a person, subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
palliate verb: make, a disease or its symptoms, less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
protocol noun: the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs
resplendent adjective: attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous, splendid and expensive looking.
stigmatize verb: describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
sub rosa adjective/adverb: happening or done in secret.
vainglory noun: inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.
vestige noun: a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
volition noun: the faculty or power of using one's will.
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