Vocabulary: Fall List 3 ❗️

accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

-My mom gave me an accolade to go to my friend's house. 
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner

-When eating lemons, you usually get a sense of acerbity. 
attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction

-The sand at the beach is a sign of attrition. 
bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark

-I don't know how some kids get away with the bromides they reply to their parents with. 
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

-Muslims, or even Christians, can be seen as chauvinists. 
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

-Old folks seem to get chronic disorders throughout the years. 
expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way; usually in writing

-Every week, all of our teachers expound us with work. 

factionalism - noun the existence of or conflict between groups within a larger group

-Clubs within a school result in factionalism

immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean;free from stain or blemish; without fault or error

-The bathroom floors are definitely not immaculate. 
imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation

-The felon was in court due to an imprecation. 
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

-Some situations remain ineluctable and you just have to face them. 
mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change

-Once you choose what college you want to attend after May 1st, your choice is mercurial. 
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

-By going to physical therapy, they palliate you and get you back on track 
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

-The scientists created a protocol after the sample product. 
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor

-Some see Beyonce as resplendent. 
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

-The 5 year old stigmatized his older brother, accusing him of trashing his toys. 
sub - noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb be a substitute

-The young man ordered a sub from the sandwich shop and devoured the whole thing. 
rosa - noun large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

-He planted many rosas in his front yard to keep cats and dogs away. 
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit

-Beowulf seemed like he was surrounded with vainglory. 
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present

-The police confirmed the vestige of the criminal. 
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

-We all make volitions every day, whether it's where to go or how to do something.