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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Vacab List #1

Theme: is the central message.
Tone: the author's attitude towards the characters, topic, or the audience.
Truth: is that which can be totally verified in the world.
Syllogism: an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion
Validity: test of reason.
Stupid: lacking intelligence or common sense.
Adumbrate: foreshadow or symbolize.
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.
Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
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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