Adumbrate(Verb)- Report or represent an outline. James Madison adumbrated the necessity that the Senate be somewhat insulted from public passions.
Apotheosis(Noun)- The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. His appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career.
Ascetic(Adjective)- Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe-discipline and abstention from all form of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Bauble(Noun)- A small, showy, trinket, or decoration. My mother asked me to put the bauble on the Christmas tree.
Beguile(Verb)- Charm or enchant(someone), sometimes in a deceptive way. Every prominent American Artist has been beguiled by Main.
Burgeon(Verb)- Begin to grow or increase rapidly. Manufacturers are keen to cash in the burgeoning demand.
Complement(Noun)- A thing that completes or brings to perfection. A libretto proved a perfect complement to the music.
Contumacious(Noun)- Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. She was acting so contumacious yesterday.
Curmudgeon(Noun)- A bad tempered or surly person. My brother is a curmudgeon because he's never in a good mood.
Didactic(Adjective)- Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. A didactic novel that set out to set social injustice.
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