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Voacb Level H (15)
Stack #26381
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adumbrate | to outline or sketch broadly |
| apotheosis | the elevation of a person to a divine rank or status |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial for sake of personal or spiritual discipline |
| bauble | a small, showy ordament with little value or use |
| beguile | to mislead or decieve |
| burgeon | to develop rapidly or suddenly |
| complement | something that completes a whole |
| contumacious | obsinately or willfully disobedient |
| curmudgeon | an irascible, churlish person |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| disingenuous | lacking in sincerity or candor |
| exculpate | to clear or guilt or blame |
| faux pas | a slip in manner or conduct, a social blunder |
| fulminate | to denounce or condem vehemently |
| fustian | inflated or pretentious language in speech or writing |
| hauteur | haughtiness of bearing or attitude |
| inhibit | to restrain or hold back |
| jeremiad | an eleborate or prolonded lamenation, any tale of woe |
| opportunist | one who makes a practice of taking advantage of circumstances |
| unconscionable | not guided or restrained by conscience |