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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Vocabulary: fall list #2 Faith- trust or confidence in someone or something Threshold- wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway or entering a house or room Tarry- of, like, or covered, with tar Resolve- find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter). Discern- recognize, notice, see, etc.. Martyr- person who is killed, because of their religious or other beliefs Mirth- cheerfulness, exhilaration Catechism- principles, christian religion in form of questions & answers Pious- religious, godly Frenzy- wild behavior, madness
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