What is the meaning of Adumbrate and Anachronistic.
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transitive verb. 1 : to foreshadow vaguely : intimate the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution. 2 : to suggest, disclose, or outline partially adumbrate a plan. 3 : overshadow, obscure bubbling optimism, not at all adumbrated by difficulties.
adumbrate
/ˈadʌmbreɪt/
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verb
FORMAL
1.
represent in outline.
"Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state"
2.
foreshadow (a future event).
"tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner"
anachronistic
/ənakrəˈnɪstɪk/
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adjective
belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
"'Titus' benefits from the effective use of anachronistic elements like cars and loudspeakers"
belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
"she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents"