Vocabulary #1

adumbrate - to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. That chick over there, that you were hitting on earlier kind of adumbrates your mom. apotheosis - The exaltation or elevation of a person to the rank of a god. It's really sad how so many people made Justin Bieber an apotheosis. I bet they're regretting that now. 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. I would totally become an ascetic, if I hated my life. bauble - A showy usually cheap trinket; ornament; gewgaw. Can i show you my bauble, it takes up like two slots in my pack. beguile - TO influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude. I beguiled my way into that concert last night. burgeon - To grow or develop quickly; flourish That palm tree really burgeoned in the last year. complement - something that completes or makes perfect Dude I swear that when I called you an idiot I meant it as a complement contumacious - stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. I contumaciously jumped off the pier in front of the life guard. curmudgeon - a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. Why are you always such a curmudgeon bro? didactic - intended for instruction; instructive You should be more didactic these math lessons suck disingenuous - lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere Everything you say is so disingenuous exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate. It took three years, but I was finally exculpated from all charges of being too rad. faux pas - a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion. I agree calling the senator an ignorant ass, was definitely a faux pas fulminate - to issue denunciations or the like I totally fulminated against staying at school during and after lunch for my senior year. fustian - inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking: This entire paper uses fustian because the paper is rather weak. hauteur - haughty manner or spirit; arrogance. Bro you are such a hauteur. inhibit - to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check Not having my license inhibits me from suring everyday jeremiad - a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint. The statement was a jeremiad for the lack of funding for exploration on and off this planet opportunist - a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles If you've met my brother, you know he's and opportunist. unconscionable - not guided by conscience; unscrupulous. Your actions were unconscionable and you will be punished.