VOCABULARY #5

obsequious (adj) - obedient/attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
Ex: Jadeveon Clowney demands obsequious respect as captain of his football team.

beatitude (n) - supreme blessedness
Ex: Some would say Jadeveon Clowney's incredible athletic talents are beatitudes.

bete noire (n) - a person/thing that one particularly dislikes
Ex: Jadeveon Clowney's bete noire is his coach, because he benched him once.

bode (v) - to be an omen of a particular outcome
Ex: The fact that Clowney isn't playing well right now does not bode well for his Heisman hopes.

dank (adj) - disagreeably cold/musty
Ex: When he doesn't wash his shoulder pads, Clowney's pads get pretty dank.

ecumenical (adj) - representing a number of different Christian churches
Ex: A little know (untrue) fact about Jadeveon is that he enjoys studying ecumenical works to give him a lot of different perspectives about the Christian faith.

fervid (adj) - excessively passionate
Ex: Some would say that he is fervid about football, but Jadeveon just really loves the game.

fetid (adj) - smelling extremely unpleasant
Ex: After a long practice the cheerleaders tell Jadeveon that he smells fetid, but he doesn't care what they think.

gargantuan (adj) - huge, massive
Ex: At 6'6, Jadeveon Clowney is a gargantuan football player.

heydey (n) - [slang] prime, peak
Ex: Howie Long says that in his heydey he was better than Jadeveon Clowney, but that is just untrue.

incubus (n) - male demon that has sexual intercourse with sleeping women
Ex: Clowney is so sneaky and quick on his feet that some people compare him to an incubus, which is a totally inappropriate comparison.

infrastructure (n) - government/country's roads, buildings, signs, and bridges
Ex: Jadeveon Clowney has never publicly announced his position on Obama's stance on infrastructure.

inveigle (v) - to persuade by deception/flattery
Ex: Jadeveon has been trying to inveigle his coach to let him play running back for years now, it hasn't worked thus far.

kudos (n) - praise/recognition for an achievement.
Ex: Jadeveon won many awards after last season's performance but he isn't content with kudos and accolades, he wants a championship.

lagniappe (n) - extra/bonus gift
Ex: While being recruited, Jadeveon was offered a lot of lagniappes, but he didn't accept them because that would be wrong.

prolix (adj) - [in writing] lengthy or superfluous wordiness
Ex: Clowney enjoys succinct writing, nothing with too many words.

protege (n) - a person guided by an older mentor
 Ex: Jadeveon's backup considers himself a protege of the All-American, too bad Clowney doesn't even know his name.

prototype (n) - example or first draft
Ex: Jadeveon is the prototype Defensive End, if you drew one up on paper, you'd end up with him.

sycophant (n) - basically a suck up
Ex: Jadeveon's backup is also a sycophant, he always acts like a servant in hope to gain an advantage.

tautology (n) - literary mistake where you say the same thing with two different words
Ex: Jadeveon Clowney is a great football player that plays football.

truckle (v) - to act obsequiously
Ex: Again, the back up to Jadeveon truckles way too much.