Accolade: an award or privilege as
a special honor or an acknowledgement of merit
Acerbity: a sharp bitterness
Attrition: the action or process of
gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something
Bromide: a commonplace remark or
notion
Chauvinist: showing or relation to
such excessive or prejudice support or loyalty
Chronic: persisting for a long time
or recurring
Expound: to present and explain
systematically and in detail
Factionalism: the splitting of a
group into factions
Immaculate: free of flaws or
mistakes
Imprecation: a spoken curse
Ineluctable: unable to be resisted
or avoided
Mercurial: subject to sudden or
unpredictable changes
Palliate: to make less severe or
unpleasant without removing the cause
Protocol: the established code of
procedure or behavior in any group
Resplendent: attractive and
impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous
Stigmatize: to describe as worthy
of disgrace or great disapproval
Sub rosa: happening or done in
secret
Vainglory: inordinate pride in
oneself or one’s achievements
Vestige: a trace of something that
is disappearing or no longer exists
Volition: the faculty or power of
using one’s will
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