accolade: praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting.
acerbity: sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression.
attrition: the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment.
bromide: a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative.
chauvinist: extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; or (noun) a person like that.
chronic: continuing over a long period of time or recurring often.
expound: to explain in detail.
factionalism: party strife and intrigue.
immaculate: spotless; without blemish or fault.
imprecation: a curse; the act of cursing.
ineluctable: not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome.
mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant.
palliate: to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate.
protocol: customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette; a type of international agreement; an official account or record.
resplendent: shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent.
stigmatize: to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious.
sub rosa: in secret; confidentially; privately.
vainglory: excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display.
vestige: a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but is now lost or vanished.
volition: the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding.
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