1.
adumbrate - verb give
to understand; describe
roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
ex:
After watching The Fault in our Stars, Hannah adumbrated the
movie for me so I could decide if I really wanted to watch the movie
or not.
2.
apotheosis - noun the
elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); model
of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
ex:
When it comes to a strong eyebrow game, Cara Delevingne is definitely
the apotheosis.
3.
ascetic - adj. practicing
great self-denial; pertaining
to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous
self-discipline; noun someone
who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
ex:
When it comes to homeless people, she is very ascetic and never
hesitates to give them all of her spare change.
4.
bauble - noun a
mock scepter carried by a court jester; cheap
showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
ex:
Forever 21 has great baubles in their jewelry section, but hey times
are tough and I'm not complaining.
5.
beguile - verb attract;
cause to be enamored; influence
by slyness
ex:
She was beguiled by the bad boy in her class because she thought he
was so 'complicated'.
6.
burgeon - verb grow
and flourish
ex:
My sister was ecstatic to see that her tomato garden had finally
burgeoned.
7.
complement - noun 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
ex:
Sierra's thick eyeliner complemented her dark eyebrows perfectly for
her senior identification card.
8.
contumacious - adj. wilfully
obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
ex:
My cat, Bubbles, was painfully contumacious about getting in the
bathtub.
9.
curmudgeon - noun a
crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
ex:
He was such a curmudgeon when it came to working on class projects
with him.
10.
didactic - adj. instructive
(especially excessively)
ex:
The recipe was so didactic and tedious that I crossed out five steps
and still produced the same result.
11.
disingenuous - adj. not
straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
ex:
His excuse for not doing his homework was rather disingenuous.
12.
exculpate - verb pronounce
not guilty of criminal charges
ex:
The man accused of murder was exculpated because they found new and
sound evidence supporting the theory that his ex-wife framed him.
13.
faux pas -
noun a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; and
embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion
ex:
My father committed such a faux pas when he accidentally cussed in
front of ten first graders.
14.
fulminate - noun a
salt or ester of fulminic acid; verb cause
to explode violently and with loud noise; come
on suddenly and intensely; criticize
severely
ex:
The volcano fulminated and caused severe damage to the neighboring
town with its lava and superfluous amount of ashes that were
disseminated.
15.
fustian - noun a
strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous
or pretentious talk or writing
ex:
My fustian coat is so uncomfortable I would rather take it off and
freeze my buns off.
16.
hauteur - noun overbearing
pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
ex:
Mr. Darcy initially appeared to be a hauteur man, but Elizabeth later
discovered that he was the entire opposite.
17.
inhibit - verb limit
the range or extent of; to
put down by force or authority
ex:
My lack of sleep last night has inhibited my ability to add any sense
of creativity to these bland sentences.
18.
jeremiad - noun a
long and mournful complaint
ex:
Even though they had been dating for nearly six years, she had no
jeremiads concerning the break up because they had changed into
different people than they were at the inception of the relationship.
19.
opportunist - adj. taking
immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of
possible benefit; noun a
person who places expediency above principle
ex:
It appears one must be an opportunist to earn an abundance of money
and without a second thought.
20.
unconscionable - adj. greatly
exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking
a conscience
ex:
She was an unconscionable woman when it came to her habitual action
of robbing the poor.
HAHAHA thanks for the cameo.
ReplyDeleteQUICK QUIZ:
The curmudgeon wouldn't let his neighbor use his bathroom which caused the neighbor to fulminate.
HAHAHAH thanks now that's on my blog forever!! Most people consider that comment to be a faux pas, but anybody who knows the true Hannah Hurd would know that she would never inhibit what she is truly thinking, no matter how abhorrent!
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