Vocabulary #1

1. adumbrate - (v.) give to understand; describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
2. apotheosis - (n.) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
3. ascetic - (adj.) practicing great self-denial; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; (n.) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
4. bauble - (n.) a mock scepter carried by a court jester; cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
5. beguile - (v.) attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness
6. burgeon - (v.) grow and flourish
7. complement - (n.) 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; (v.) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
8. contumacious - (adj.) willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
9. curmudgeon - (n.) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
10. didactic - (adj). instructive (especially excessively)
11. disingenuous - (adj). not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
12. exculpate - (v.) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
13. faux - (adj.) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
14. pas - (n.) (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
15. fulminate - (n.) a salt or ester of fulminic acid; (v.) cause to explode violently and with loud noise; come on suddenly and intensely; criticize severely
16. fustian - (n.) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing
17. hauteur - (n.) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
18. inhibit - (v.) limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority
19. jeremiad - (n.) a long and mournful complaint
20. opportunist - (adj.) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible
21. unconscionable - (adj.) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience
Sentences:
1. I adumbrated the main plot of the story.
2. The apotheosis given to all those celebrities did not interest me.
3. In order to fast during all of Lent, you must have an ascetic nature.
4. Material possessions and baubles will not make you any better than the person next to you.
5. The sound of the ice cream truck beguiled the children to run it.
6. She burgeoned into a beautiful young lady.
7. The red lipstick complemented the red shoes.
8. The contumacious student was suspended from school.
9. My neighbor, the curmudgeon, hated whenever I played music too loud or drove too fast down our street.
10. I'm happy to have a didactic teacher who willfully helps and instructs us students.
11. The use of this blog is somewhat disingenuous to me.
12. I was so happy when the innocent person was exculpated in court.
13. The faux pair of jeans tried to imitate the Miss Me brand jeans.
14. The dancers were perfecting their pas moves.
15. Do not fulminate others by their appearances.
16. That quilt is made of fustian.
17. Seniors should not present hauteur towards underclassmen.
18. Parents should not dramatically inhibit their children.  They should let them flourish to be the person they want to be.
19. When it comes to school, I can say jeremiads all day.
20.Be an opportunist when it comes to applying for colleges and receiving all the financial aid you can.
21. The amount of homework I've had these first two weeks of school is unconscionable.