Friday, January 10, 2014

spring vocab #1

Adumbrate- report or represent in outline; foreshadow what will happen next
Apotheosis- the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
Ascetic- severe self-discipline and abstention
Bauble- something that is superficially attractive but useless or worthless 
Beguile- charm or enchant(someone) 
Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly
 
Complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection
Contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
Curmudgeon- a bad-tempered or surly person 
Didactic- intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
 

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