adumbrate : to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
apotheosis: the ideal example; epitome; quintessence
ascetic: 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.
bauble : a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
beguile : to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
burgeon: to grow or develop quickly; flourish
complement : something that completes or makes perfect
contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
curmudgeon : a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.
didactic : teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
disingenuous:lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere
exculpate: to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate
faux pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
fulminate : to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
fustian : a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
hauteur: arrogance.
inhibit : to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
opportunist: a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles
unconscionable: not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
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