Lovely Vocab

theme: main idea of a text

tone: attitude of writer towards a subject or audience

mood: feeling PR vibe brought to reader through words or descriptions

diction: word choice or a style of speaking that a writer, speaker or character uses

syntax: how chosen words are used to form a sentence

syllogism: simplest form of argument using truth and validity

stupid: willful ignorance of new or disinant information

adumbrate: forshadow or represent

apotheosis: the highest point on the development of something

ascetic: a person who practices severe self discipline and abstinence

bauble: a small showy trinket or decoration

beguile: charm or enchant (someone) sometimes in a deceptive way

burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly

complement: a thing that completed or brings to perfection

contumacious: (especially of a defendents behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobediant to authority

curmudgeon: a bad tempered or surly person

didactic: intended to teach

disingenuous: not candid or sincere

exculpate: show or declare that (someone) is not giluilty of wrong doing

faux pas: a French phrase meaning mistake

fulminate: express vehement protest

fustian: pompous or pretencious speech or writing

hauteur: disdainful pride

inhibit: restrain or restrict an action or process

jeremiad: a long mournful complaint

opportunist: a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.

unconscionable: not right or reaonable