Ex- Sally likes to adumbrate her thoughts and ideas before she begins to write an essay.
Apotheosis- the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
Ex- Becoming president of the company was the apotheosis of his career.
Ascetic- severe self-discipline and abstention
Ex- She was ascetic in the election.
Bauble- something that is superficially attractive but useless or worthless
Ex- The jewl in that ring is a bauble compared to that other one.
Beguile- charm or enchant(someone)
Ex- His beguile words were meant to impress her.
Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly
Ex- My curiousity after reading the first page began to burgeon.
Complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection
Ex- The authors complement each other's thoughts and support them very well.
Contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
Ex- All of the boy's actions were contumacious, which is why he is always in trouble with the law.
Curmudgeon- a bad-tempered or surly person
Ex- None wants to hang around a curmudgeon.
Didactic- intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Ex- We had a few plays to help us in the big game that were very didactic.
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