apotheosis: the highest point in the development of something.
ascetic: suggesting the practice of severe self discipline.
bauble: a small showy trinket or decoration.
beguile: to charm or enchant someone.
burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly.
complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
contumacious: to be stubbornly disobedient.
curmudgeon: a bad-tempered person.
didactic: intending to teach.
