Vocabulary #1

1. Adumbrate: to outline. To adumbrate this homework assignment for you, we are supposed to write sentences on this list of vocabulary words.
2.  Apotheosis: an epitome. A perfect apotheosis of this assignment was exemplified during class today by Dr. Preston.
3. Ascetic: Very abstinent or austere. My grandmother is very ascetic when it comes to her religious choices.
4. Bauble: a trinket of little value. Her jewelry box was filled with many trinkets and baubles that were important to her.
5. Beguile: to influence by trickery or flattery. He beguiled her into thinking he actually liked her, but really he just wanted her money.
6. Burgeon: to flourish. Her garden was burgeoning.
7.  Complement: something that completes or makes perfect. The salt in the soup really complemented the sweet tomatoes.
8. Contumacious: stubbornly rebellious. Her contumacious acts of refusing to be on time got the student sent to the principal's office.
9. Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered, difficult person. She was a curmudgeon because she did not want to do the same things as the rest of her family.
10. Didactic: teaching a moral lesson. One must be didactic to be teaching such difficult classes.
11. Disingenuous: lacking sincerity and candor. Her apology was quite disingenuous.
12. Exculpate: to free from blame. She tried to exculpate herself by blaming it on her sister.
13. Faux pas: A slip in conduct. He apologized for his faux pas, and continued to eat dinner.
14. Fulminate: to explode with a loud noise. The firework fulminated, creating loud noises and sparks.
15. Fustian: a stout fabric of cotton and flax or inflated language of writing or speaking. Her dress was made out of fustian fabric.
16. Hauteur: arrogance. The soccer player's hauteur almost cost her team the game.
17. Inhibit: to restrain or arrest. The drug dealer was then inhibited by the officer until further notice.
18. Jeremiad: a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint. His jeremiad about his new coach was ignored, considering she was the best coach the team had ever had.
19. Opportunist: taking advantage of opportunities; a person who adapts to his actions. She was an opportunist in the way that she stole the base, and ended up winning the softball game.
20. Unconscionable: not guided by conscience. She decided to be unconscionable and get into the car with the creepy man, anyways.