VOCABULARY #4

**This week's sentence theme will be coffee (the beverage)

accolade(n.)- an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.
-Starbucks Coffee Company has won many accolades for their gourmet coffee, though I myself have never been a fan

 acerbity(n.)- a sharp bitterness.
-Coffee has a delightful acerbity to it that makes it very pleasant for the taste buds.

attrition(n.)- the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or
something through sustained attack or pressure.
-As coffee is further grinded, the attrition causes it to lose its potency.

 bromide(n.)- a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate.
-Saying that drinking coffee in the morning helps a person wake up is a useless bromide. Coffee never has any effect on me!

 chauvinist(n.)- a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.
-Chauvinist Columbians take great pride in being one of the worlds top quality coffer exporters.

chronic(adj.)- (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
-There's never been any medical research that links high consumption of coffee to a chronic disease.

expound(v.)- present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
-Listening to my grandfather, an avid coffee drinker and lover expound how coffee is properly made is a great knowledge trip.

factionalism(v.)- The splitting of a group into factions; Conflict between factions.
-Factionalism between North America and South America could damage quality Columbian coffee bean availability.

immaculate(adj.)- (esp. of a person or their clothes) perfectly clean, neat, or tidy
-People who work at coffee shops must have immaculate expertise in measurement to make sure they always have the correct coffee to whatever ratios. 

imprecation(n.)- a spoken curse.
-The natives in Colombia began to think there was an imprecation placed on their coffee, for whoever drank it died.

ineluctable(adj.)- unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
-Coffee is ineluctable for me.

mercurial(adj.)- (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
-Caffeine in coffee can cause people to act mercurial, especially those who are not used to it.

palliate(v.)- make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
-In order to feel warm during the snow storm, I drank a cup of coffee to palliate the coldness.

protocol(n.)- the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.
-When someone visits your house, it is protocol to offer coffee or another hot beverage.

resplendent(adj.)- attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
-I feel resplendent after drinking a cup of coffee.

stigmatize(v.)- describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
-The British and their tea stigmatize Americans and our infatuation with coffee. 

sub rosa(adj. & adv. formal)- happening or done in secret.
-When my mom forbade me from having my third cup of coffee for the day, I drank it sub rosa.

vainglory(n.)- inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.
-Whoever created the modern beverage we have now known as coffee should feel vainglory and not be judged, he/she created something great!

vestige(n.)- a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
-Coffee vestige left on the coffee cup after drinking the coffee always attracts ants if you leave it out. I learned that the hard way.

volition(n.)- the faculty or power of using one's will.
-Avoiding coffee for one whole day takes a lot of volition.