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Vocab Workshop H15
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 15
Question | Answer |
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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 devine 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, shadowy ornament of little value or use |
beguile | v. To mislead or deceive; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish unnoticed |
burgeon | v. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; to develop rapidly or suddenly |
complement | n. Something that completes a whole; the quantity 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, especially morally; inclined to moralize too much |
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 pretentious language in speech or writing; a cloth made of cotton and flax |
hauteur | n. Haughtiness of bearing or attitude |
inhibit | v. To restrain or hold back; to hinder or arrest; to prohibit |
jeremiad | n. An elaborate or prolonged lamentation; any tale of woe |
opportunist | n. One who makes a practice of taking advantage of cirumstances 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 |