Thursday, August 25, 2016

Vocabulary #1

Theme- the central message
Tone-Authors attitude towards the characters, audience, topic
Mood- a temporary state of mind
Diction-the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing 
Syntax- arrangement of words
Stupid- lacking intelligence or common sense
Amdubrate- report
Apotheosis-the highest point in the development of something
Ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence
Bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration
Beguile- charm or enchant someone sometimes in deceptive ways
Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly
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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