Vocabulary #1

Vocabulary #1

·         Adumbrate - verb give to understand; describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of. My new boss gave an adumbrate of the procedures to follow.  

·         Apotheosis - noun the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. Hercules was a apotheosis in the Greek myths.

·         Ascetic - adj. practicing great self-denial; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; noun someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline.

·         Bauble - noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester; cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.

·         Beguile - verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness. The girl was beguiled by the boy sitting in front of her in class because of his hew hair cut.

·         Burgeon - verb grow and flourish. Through this class my writing will burgeon.

·         Complement - noun something added to complete or make perfect. This last piece will complement the puzzle.

·         Contumacious - adj. willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient. The little kids in the 1^st grade class were contumacious when the teacher left.

·         Curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas. My grandpa is a curmudgeon old man; he refused to take it medicine from his nurses.

·         Didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively). The homework for that night was didactic and full of too much work.

·         Disingenuous - adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness. The instruction that we recived from are math class was disingenuous and misleading.

·         Exculpate - verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. The judge exculpated the man because the evidence showed that he dint commit the crime.

·         Faux pas- noun an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation. When Jacob fell in PE it was a faux pas situation.  

·         Fulminate -  verb cause to explode violently and with loud Noise; come on suddenly and intensely; criticize severely. I hope that people will peer edit our works but wont fulminate our hard work.

·         Fustian - noun a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing. Jake was a fustian tone in his essay about politics.

·         Hauteur - noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors. Eric has a false sense of hauteur when he talks about history.

·         Inhibit - verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority. People inhibit the progress of society by being closed minded and not hearing out other people.

·         Jeremiad - noun a long and mournful complaint. Eric likes to give jeremiad monologues to people.

·         Opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle. Opportunists embrace the phrase; the early bid gets the worm.

·         Unconscionable - adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience. Conversations with some of my friends can lead to unconscionable arguments.