Definitions
Adumbrate - verb give to
understand; describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or
summary of
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
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
Burgeon - verb grow and flourish
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
Contumacious - adj. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
Curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
Didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively)
Disingenuous - adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Exculpate - verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Faux - adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
pas - noun (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
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
Fustian - noun a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Hauteur - noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Inhibit - verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority
Jeremiad - noun a long and mournful complaint
opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle
Unconscionable - adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience
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
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
Burgeon - verb grow and flourish
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
Contumacious - adj. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
Curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
Didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively)
Disingenuous - adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Exculpate - verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Faux - adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
pas - noun (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
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
Fustian - noun a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Hauteur - noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Inhibit - verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority
Jeremiad - noun a long and mournful complaint
opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle
Unconscionable - adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience
Sentences
The dark clouds adumbrated the blue sky and the sun.
His brief life reached an apotheosis here.
I can appear ascetic and stiff.
A bauble gets passed down to a family member.
He had to beguile the college scouts in order to get a scholarship for baseball.
He really burgeoned these past few years.
He always complements women as he walks by them.
I don't like his behavior because it is very contumacious
He is apparently a curmudgeon who thinks everyone is intellectually beneath him.
It is didactic to compare the two projects.
How am I supposed to understand you if you are so disingenuous.
Do not try and exculpate the situation because you are indeed guilty.
I made a faux pas when I stuttered.
All fulminated against the officer who shot Mike Brown.
She was very fustian because she believes she is famous.
His parents show their hauteur towards him.
The officers inhibited the fearless and crazy protestors.
The book is a sort of jeremiad against the environmental threats to the great wilderness areas of the country.
He was an opportunist in which he does whatever he can to benefit himself.
Advocates for the poor consider such cuts unconscionable.
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