- The author adumbrated what would happen next in the story by occasionally leaving the reader with hints.
2) Apotheosis: the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of god; the ideal example
- Bob's poem was the apotheosis of free verse.
3) Ascetic: a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self denial or self-mortification for religious reasons; a monk
- The Smith family live in ascetic manner, and pray every night.
4) Bauble: a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket
- Steve's bauble meant a lot to him, so he hung it up near the top of the Christmas tree.
5) Beguile: to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.;mislead; delude
- Jack beguiled his mom into making her believe that he finished his homework.
6) Burgeon: to grow or develop quickly; flourish
- The small town soon burgeoned into a big city.
7) Complement: something that competes or makes perfect
- The dessert complemented the meal perfectly.
8) Contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious;willfully and obstinately disobedient
- The boy got sent outside because of his contumacious behavior.
9) Curmudgeon: a bad tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
- Due to the fact she was a curmudgeon, nobody wanted to be associated with her.
10) Didactic: intended for instruction; instructive
- To become a teacher you must have outstanding didactic skills.
11) Disingenuous: lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; false or hypocritically
- The plan was disingenuous as it had many flaws.
12) Exculpate: to clear from a charge of guild or fault; free from blame; vindicate
- The defendant was exculpated because there was no genuine evidence.
13) Faux Pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion
- Sarah's faux pas in her speech went unnoticed confidently continued her speech.
14) Fulminate: to explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation
- The alarm clock fulminated, waking Sue up.
15) Fustian: a stout fabric of cotton and flax; high flown or affected writing or speech
- Her favorite top was a pink, fustian blouse.
16) Hauteur: haughty manner or spirit; arrogance
- Even the president's hauteur might not be a handicap.
17) Inhibit: to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check; to prohibit; forbid
- The teacher inhibited food from being eaten in class
18) Jeremiad: a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint
- The jeremiad will always have it's place in such a course.
19) Opportunist: a person who practices opportunism or the policy of adapting actions, decisions; to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles
- Chris is an opportunist as he cannot look beyond the short term.
20) Unconscionable: not guided by conscience; unscrupulous; not I'm accordance with what is just or reasonable
- A lot of unconscionable decisions are quickly, under pressure.
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