Unit 9 vocab 🐥

avatar 👤

• (n) an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person

• an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user

beatitude ☮

• (n) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness

• a blessing

bête noire 😤

• (n.) something or someone that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids

bode 🪧

• (v.) to be an omen of; to indiciate by signs

dank 🧽

• (adj.) unpleasantly damp or wet

ecumenical 🌐

• (adj.) worldwide or universal in influence or application

fervid

• (adj.) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated

fetid 😵

• (adj.) having an unpleasant or offensive odor

gargantuan 🦖

• (adj.) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious

heyday 💪

• (n.) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years

incubus 👹

• (n.) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night

• anything that oppresses or weighs upon on one, like a nightmare

infrastructure 🏢

• (n.) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works, the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations

inveigle 🥺😈

• (v.) to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice

kudos 👍

• (n.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement

lagniappe 🎁

• (n.) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity

prolix 👨🏻‍🏫

• (adj.) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way

protégé 🙇🏼

• (n.) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person

• someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government

sycophant 🤝🫶

• (n.) someone who attempts to win favor or advance themselves by flattery or servile behavior

• a slanderer or defamer

tautology 🔁

• (n.) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words

• a redundancy

truckle 🧎

• (v.) to yield or submit tamely or submissively