Climbing Mount Everest is a huge accolade.
acerbity - (noun) a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner
The sour patch kids I ate were filled with 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
Race cars cause attrition to their tires quickly, so they have to get frequent pit stops.
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
We continually hear that education is the bromide that will solve everything.
chauvinist - (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Hitler is a prime example of a chauvinist man.
chronic - (adj.)being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
I have chronic knee problems.
expound - (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state
True basketball lovers will use any opportunity to expound on the meaning of the game.
factionalism- existence of factions: the existence of or conflict between groups within a larger group
We see factionalism dividing the three branches of government
immaculate - (adj.) completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
Peyton Manning football game is best described as immaculate.
imprecation - (noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation
My German friend whispered imprecations under her breath.
ineluctable - (adj.) impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
Ray Rice's suspension for assaulting his wife was ineluctable.
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
Billy's personality becomes mercurial when he drinks too much.
palliate - (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Eating ice cream helps women palliate the pain of break ups.
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 military is the primary user of protocol.
resplendent - (adj.) having great beauty and splendor
My girlfriend is very resplendent.
stigmatize - (verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Traitors are often stigmatize, as they were in the French Revolution.
sub - noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb be a substitute
I like the meatball marinara sub.
rosa - (noun) large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
The garden was filled with rosa.
vainglory - (noun) outspoken conceit
Kobe Bryant is a man filled with vainglory.
vestige - (noun) an indication that something has been present
Ancient fossils and discoveries are the vestige that dinosaurs were once present.
volition - (noun) the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
Volition is a huge aspect of economics and the study of it.
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