Vocabulary #1

Theme

Def: The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a persons thought, or an exhibition a topic

Syn: subject, topic, subject matter

Sentence: The theme of the book is the situation between making the right choice on choosing the right path; the path of good and bad.

Tone

Def: is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, generally conveys a viewpoint of a particular subject

Syn: tone, voice

Sentence: The tone of the author is frustration due to the fact that he so tired of telling his students to do their homework and chose wisely on their decisions.

Mood

Def: a temporary state of mind or feeling

Syn: humor, temper, spirit

Sentence: He was in a bad mood that in his presentation he showed anger toward his work.

Diction: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Syn: phrasing, wording

Sentence: When he told me to read his essay he has so much diction that the whole essay didn't make any sense.

Syntax

Def: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

Sentence: When I write essays I try my best to use syntax so that my essay is well formed.

Syllogism

Def: an instance of a form in which a conclusion is drawn, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion

Sentence: When we do a syllogism in a essay we rephrase our thesis and part of our introduction to conclude our body paragrahs.

Stupid

Def: willful ignorance on new dissonant information

Syn: unintelligent, ignorant, foolish

Sentence: When the teacher ask him a question he answer in a stupid way to be funny and make everyone laugh but that only brought him into bad situations.

Adumbrate

Def: report or represent in outline

Sentence: I have to create adumbrates everytime I do an essay for all my classes unless they will not read my essay.

Apotheosis

Def: the highest point in the development of something; culmination of climax

Sentence: The Apothesis of my essay was when I fractured my elbow at the beginning of my soccer season last year.

Ascetic

Def: characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline

Syn: self-denying, austere

Sentence: Once a person is born, they usually have parents that will teach them ascetic, education, and to not to fail.

Bauble

Def: a small, showy trinket or decoration

Syn: trinket, frippery, ornament

Sentence: She needed a bauble to make her project extraordinary and unique.

Beguile

Def: Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Syn: charm, attract, enchant

Sentence: The football players beguile the cheerleaders when there game is over.

Burgeon

Def: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Syn: flourish, thrive, improve, develop

Sentence: The flowers are burgeoning, that all the flowers are going to waste.

Complement

Def: a thing that completes or brings to perfection:

Syn: companion, addition, supplement

Sentence: He did his project very well that they complement him about it.

Contumacious

Def: especially of a defendant's behavior stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

Sentence: The prisoner was so contumacious that they had to put him in a cell for punching the police officer.

Curmudgeon

Def: a bad-tempered or surly person.

Syn: grumbler, complainer, moaner

Sentence: He was so curmudgeon that he insulted everyone that he saw and got into bad situations.

Didactic
Def: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Syn: instructive, instructional, educational
Sentence: The teachers at a private school are very didactic on their responsibilities by teaching their religion.

Disingenuous
Def: not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Syn: dishonest, untruthful, false, deceitful
Sentence: Williams was being very disingenuous about not knowing the information correctly.

Exculpate
Def: show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing
Sentence: The Judged exculpated him because he was not the who committed the crime.

Faux Pas
Def: an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.
Syn:  mistake
Sentence: The  faux pas of the situation was the fact that he fell to the ground

Fulminate
Def: express vehement protest
Syn: protest
Sentence: They fulminated about the act of racism and having equal right and to get treated properly in life.

Fustian
Def: thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors
Sentence: The fustian was very dark as the color black

Hauteur
Def: haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
Syn: arrogance, pride, superciliousness
Sentence: He was full of hauteur when the teacher told him that he won a scholarship.

Inhibit
Def: hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process
Syn: hold back, discourage
Sentence: The policeman try to inhibit on causing a shooting with the delinquent , so that no innocent person will get hurt.

Jeremiad
Def: a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes
Sentence:  His list of jeremiad were about how badly he behave through out the year

Opportunist
Def: a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans
Sentence:  They were doing the project with a group everyone collaborated except Bob; since everyone was afraid of him he took opportunist of getting a good grade from others.

Unconscionable
def: not right or reasonable
Syn: unethical, immoral
Sentence: He was so unconscionable when he said the moral uncorrectly.