adumbrate - verb give to understand; describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
Ex: The ending of the novel is already adumbrated in the first chapter.
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
Ex: Celine Dion singing love songs is the apotheosis of romantic music.
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
Ex: Monks live an ascetic life, denying themselves of earthly pleasures and involvement.
bauble - noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester; cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Ex: The Christmas tree was covered with baubles.
beguile - verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness
Ex: Thats a beguiling argument, but I am not convinced by it.
burgeon - verb grow and flourish
Ex: The town burgeoned into a city.
complement - noun something added to complete or make perfect; either of two parts that mutually complete each other; a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction; number needed to make up a whole force; a complete number or quantity; one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response; verb make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
Ex: The shirt complemented her eyes wonderfully.
contumacious - adj. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
Ex: Your repeated violations of the rules was contumacious.
curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
Ex: Clearly, I only play a curmudgeon in the newspaper.
didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively)
Ex: My parents was being didactic about doing the right thing.
disingenuous - adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Ex: He always gives a quick, disingenuous response; you never get a straight answer.
exculpate - verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Ex: The jury exculpated the verdict.
faux pas - a behavioral gaffe or some type of social mistake that you make.
Ex: I realized I'd committed a serious faux pas by joking about his wife's family.
fulminate - noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid; verb cause to explode violently and with loud noise; come on suddenly and intensely; criticize severely
Ex: Public officials fulminated against the perceived security threat.
fustian - noun a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Ex: The man was wearing a fustian jacket.
hauteur - noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Ex: His manner was hauteur
inhibit - verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority
Ex: The use of bleach will inhibit the growth of bacteria on surfaces.
jeremiad - noun a long and mournful complaint
Ex: But the jeremiad will always have its place in such a course.
opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle
Ex: She was an opportunist, and thus never turned down any chance to get ahead.
unconscionable - adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience
Ex: Most scientists agree that it is unconscionable to clone humans when tests in animals have not been perfected.
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