1) adumbrate: to foreshadow vaguely
2) apotheosis: elevation to divine status
3) ascetic: stern in overall appearance, attitude, and manner
4) bauble: trinket
5) beguile: to deceive by deception
6) burgeon: to grow and expand rapidly
7) complement: something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect
8) contumacious: stubbornly disobedient
9) curmudgeon: an ill-tempered old man
10) didactic: designed or intended to teach
11) disingenuous: giving a false appearance of simple frankness
12) exculpate: to free from charge of guilt of fault
13) faux pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct
14) fulminate: to explode with a loud noise
15) fustian: inflated or pompous in writing or speaking
16) hauteur: arrogance
17) inhibit: to prohibit from doing something
18) jeremiad: a prolonged lamentation or complaint
19) opportunist: one that takes advantages of opportunities as they come
20) unconscionable: not guided or controlled by conscience
20) unconscionable: not guided or controlled by conscience
Sentences:
1) The author adumbrated on the idea of a tragic death near the end of the play.
2) Her apotheosis, proved to be the downfall of her life, instead of the highlight,
3) The ascetic look to my new professor made me even more anxious of my first day of college.
4) While visiting the local thrift store, we picked up some cheap baubles as well as some shirts.
5) The cheating wife beguiled her husband into thinking she was still in love with him.
6) Her success in the stock markets had burgeoned since she took classes on predicting trends in stocks.
7) The sunflower in the vase placed on the kitchen table was a complement to the yellow accents of the room.
8) The teacher usually had less then fair treatment for the more contumacious students that she encountered.
9) The curmudgeons of the neighborhood were usually the first to complain of loud fireworks on the 4th of July.
10) Near the end of the year, the teacher's lessons were less didactic and full more of movies and games.
11) The girl's compliment towards her friend's new shoes seemed disingenuous after her rant on how people constant flaunt their money.
12) The priest exculpated the inmate of his sins after he decided to move in a better direction in life.
13) Coming in last season's styles was a serious faux pas at the high-fashion event.
9) The curmudgeons of the neighborhood were usually the first to complain of loud fireworks on the 4th of July.
10) Near the end of the year, the teacher's lessons were less didactic and full more of movies and games.
11) The girl's compliment towards her friend's new shoes seemed disingenuous after her rant on how people constant flaunt their money.
12) The priest exculpated the inmate of his sins after he decided to move in a better direction in life.
13) Coming in last season's styles was a serious faux pas at the high-fashion event.
14) The microwave fulminated into a broke, smoking mess after heating up a plastic dish for 5 minutes.
15) The fustian speech of the professor secretly intimidated her students.
16) She possessed the hauteur of the type of person who thinks they are the absolute best,
17) His cast on his broken arm inhibited John from riding the roller coasters on the trip he had been planing for month.
18) The man led a jeremiad against he US Government at the protest.
19) The drama student was a true opportunist who jumped on every connection her teacher introduced to her from the professional world.
20) The gang leader had the unconscionable job of dividing his friends from his enemies, who were made his targets.
15) The fustian speech of the professor secretly intimidated her students.
16) She possessed the hauteur of the type of person who thinks they are the absolute best,
17) His cast on his broken arm inhibited John from riding the roller coasters on the trip he had been planing for month.
18) The man led a jeremiad against he US Government at the protest.
19) The drama student was a true opportunist who jumped on every connection her teacher introduced to her from the professional world.
20) The gang leader had the unconscionable job of dividing his friends from his enemies, who were made his targets.
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