Beatitude- Supreme blessedness

- We consider it to be a beatitude to our family that our grandmother survived the cancer scare. 

Bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided)

- The Joker, from Batman, is a bete noire.

Bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome

- It does not bode well with me that our best player is out sick. 

Dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold

- The basement was dank and it sent a tingle down my spine.

Ecumenical- universal

-Treat others how you want to be treated is an ecumenical rule of thumb. 

Fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

- I am fervid about water polo.

Fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant

-Fetid skin is extremely nauseating.

Gargantuan- of great mass

-Godzilla is gargantuan.

Heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity

-My preteen years has the been the heyday of my lifetime.

Incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare

-Paranormal Activity is an incubus for me.

Infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation

-The U.S infrastructure is lacking.

Inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

-The student tried to inveigle his teacher to raise his grade by the end of the grading period.

Kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement

-I gave my sister kudos for graduating college.

Lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift

-I gave the man lagniappe for working extra hard.

Prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

-The student's essay was very prolix and almost impossible to understand. 

Protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's 

career

-The piano protege was the most amazing kid I have ever seen someone under the age of ten.

Prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are 

developed or copied

-The prototype to the robot was a complete failure and made the inventors come up with a whole new blueprint for it.

Sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer 

-Sycophants are in every classroom and annoy the hell out of me.

Tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words

-Tautology is something that is puzzling to me.

Truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously

- The slave truckled before his master and bowed.