Monday, February 17, 2014

vocab spring list 1


1) adumbrate- report or represent in outline; foreshadow 

2)apotheosis- highest point in production; climax

3)ascetic-practice of self denial

4)bauble- small little toy or knickknack

5) beguile- to bewitch or charm someone sometimes in a negative way

6) burgeon - to sprout to newly emerge

7) complement- to go well with; to complete

8) contumacious- willfully disobedient, defiant, purposely ignores directions

9)curmudgeon- somebody considered to be bad tempered or stubborn

10) didactic- intended to instruct or inform or inclined

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