Vocab Practice: Adumbrate

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 22, 2013.

Let’s do a practice round!

Adumbrate means:

A) To make stylish
B) To confiscate
C) To rock gently
D) To foreshadow

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When an Author Adumbrates…

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When you read a novel, you may find yourself searching for clues to help you figure out what is going to happen next.

Hints about what will come later in a story are known as foreshadowing. This literary device adumbrates (see definition and hear pronunciation below) future events in a [Read more…]