Adumbrate - v. To produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch
Haze's paint scheme seems to annotate, articulate and adumbrate the car's shape.
Apotheosis - n. The elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of god
He would be no ordinary king: he would be a savior king, the apotheosis of all kingly, godly qualities.
Ascetic - n. A person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons
His policies had failed, but people admired his sincerity and his ascetic life.
Bauble - n. A showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw
But even in these straitened times, the city-state has rolled out this latest bauble with its usual flair.
Beguile - v. To influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude
Her luscious palette, dynamic compositions and expertly shifting perspectives beguile the viewer.
Burgeon - v. To grow or develop quickly; flourish
The town burgeoned into a city after only a couple of years.
Complement - n. Something that completes or makes perfect
A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
Contumacious - adj. Stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient
In addition, the wrongdoer can be separately indicted for his contumacious acts.
Curmudgeon - n. A bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
He is apparently a curmudgeon who thinks everyone is intellectually beneath him.
Didactic - adj. Inclined to teach or lecture others too much
We had a boring, didactic speaker.
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