vocabulary:Fall list #1 Theme- central or main idea of a text Tone- authors attitude toward the subject Mood- readers emotion Diction- the words that the author uses Syntax- the way the author puts the words together Stupid- having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sence Adumbrate- foreshadow, determine Apotheosis- culmination or climax Ascetic- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe abstention Bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration Beguile- (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way Burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly Complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection Contumacious- defendants behavior Curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly Didactic- educational, instructive, etc...
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