Thursday, January 23, 2014

vocabulary: spring list 1

Adumbrate: Report or represent in outline.
Apotheosis- climax.
Ascetic- the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence.
Bauble- small trinket or decoration.
Beguile- trick.
Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly.
Complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
Contumacious- stubbornly or willingly disobedient to authority.
Curmudgeon- bad tempered person.
Didactic- intended to teach.

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