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Thursday, January 9, 2014

VOCAB: SPRING 1

Adumbrate-report or represent in outline
Apotheosis-the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
Ascetic-characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Bauble-a small, showy trinket or decoration.
Beguile-charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
Burgeon-begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Complement-a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
Contumacious-stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
Curmudgeon-a bad-tempered or surly person.
Didactic-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. 

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