vocabulary: spring list 1 (EXPOS)

adumbrate -indicate faintly,report in outline, to foreshadow
 -When I read a book, I like to adumbrate the story line in order to make the book more exciting.
apotheosis - glorification to a divine level, elevation of a person to the rank of a god or the ideal example.
 - In ancient times, most kings were thought to be a type of apotheosis
ascetic -one who renounces comforts in pursuit of self-discipline, often for religious purposes.
 -Islam is seen as an ascetic religion by many people in the western culture.
bauble -a showing ornament of little value
 -Sometimes decorating in a simple way is better than using a lot of bauble things.
beguile -to influence by trickery or flattery, to charm or divert, or to take away from by cheating
 -Scammers have a beguile ability to scam people of their money.
burgeon -flourish, rapidly increase
 -If students focused during class, their grades would burgeon.
complement -completes or brings to perfection
 -When choosing their outfits, models have to complement their cloths and their shoes.
contumacious-stubbornly disobedient, rebellious or willfully disobedient
 -The bad thing of working with middle school kids is that sometimes they behave contumaciously.
curmudgeon -a bad tempered or surly person
 -Curmudgeon teachers are often not well-liked.
didactic- intended to convey instruction as well as pleasure and entertainment
 -The teacher's lecture was didactic, that's why all the students were paying attention.