Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Vocabulary #1

Theme - the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Tone - a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood.
Mood - Mood is a Literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. 
Diction - The choice of words in a story
Syntax - the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
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.
Burgeoun - begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Contumacious - (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
Compliment- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
curmudgeon - a bad-tempered or surly person.
didactic - intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

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