Vocabulary #1

Vocabulary List #1 (of many)

Definitions:

1. Adumbrate: to foreshadow vaguely, to suggest, disclose, or outline partially. 
2. Apotheosis: elevation to divine status or a perfect example.
3. Ascetic: characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgences, typically for religious reasons.
4. Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration (lacks importance and worth).
5. Beguile: to enchant or charm sometime, but usually is a deceptive way.
6. Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly; to flourish.
7. Complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
8. Contumacious: stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
9. Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person.
10. Didactic: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
11. Disingenuous: not candid or sincere, typically pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
12. Exculpate: to show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
13. Faux pas: an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.
14. Fulminate: to express vehement protest; explode violently.
15. Fustian: a pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
16. Hauteur: haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
17. Inhibit: hinder, restrain, or prevent.
18. Jeremiad: a long, mournful compliant; a list of woes.
19. Opportunist: a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
20. Unconscionable: not right or reasonable; excessive.

Sentences:

1. She was only able to adumbrate a few of the chapters due to that book's lack of clarity.
2. Romeo and Juliet represented the apotheosis of iambic pentameter.
3. The life of the monk was ascetic and simple.
4. My grandma's house is full of baubles that cause her house to be cluttered.
5. The witch beguiled the sweet princess to take a bite of her poisonous apple.
6. The burgeoning of human populations is a huge environmental and economical problem.
7. The belt was a perfect complement with the dress and the shoes.
8. The contumacious teenager refused to complete his homework and chores.
9. Bob is a curmudgeon, who treats others poorly and without respect.
10. Some schools are being didactic about the usage of technology.
11. His apology was disingenuous and lacked honesty.
12. The judge exculpated the convicted individual after a trial.
13. Each student suffers from at least one faux pas moment during class.
14. The writer wrote a fulminating article in the local newspaper about global warming.
15. The critic wrote in a fustian way that caused his literature to be inaccurate.
16. Her hauteur caused her to lose various friendships.
17. She had to inhibit her little brother from running into the theme park before the arrival of the rest of their family.
18. The film was a boring, tasteless jeremiad that caused the audience to fall asleep while watching it.
19. Various politicians are opportunists, who focus mainly on themselves rather than the people.
20. The amount for a designer handbag is unconscionable.