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Sadlier Oxford H
WCHS Unit 15-H
Word | Definition |
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adumbrate | (v) to outline or sketch broadly; to foreshadow or prefigure; to disclose partially |
apotheosis | (n) the elevation of a person to a divine rank or status; the glorification of a person as an ideal; a glorified ideal |
ascetic | (adj) practicing strict self-denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline; (n) one who leads a life of self-discipline, especially to express religious devotion |
bauble | (n) a small, showy ornament of little value or use |
burgeon | (v) to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; to develop rapidly or suddenly |
complement | (n) somehting that completes a whole; the quanitly or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance; (v) to complete |
contumacious | (adj) obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious |
curmudgeon | (n) an irascible, churlish person |
didactic | (adj) intended to instruct, especilly morally; inclined to moralize too much |
beguile | (v) to mislead or deceive; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish unnoticed |
disingenuous | (adj) lacking in sincerity or candor |
exculpate | (v) to clear of guilt or blame |
faux pas | (n) a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder |
fulminate | (v) to denounce or condemn vehemently; to explode, detonate |
fustian | (n) inflated or retentious language in speech or writing; a cloth made of cotton and flax |
hauteur | (n) haughtiness of bearing or atttitude |
inhibit | (v) to restrain or hold back; to hinder or arrest; to prohibit |
jeremiad | (n) an elablorate or prolonged lamentation; any tale of woe |
opportunist | (n) one who makes a practice or taking advantage of circumstances to further his or her own self-interest, regardless of principles or ultimate consequences |
unconscionable | (adj) not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason; unscrupulous; immoderate |