1.7: The Humours Flashcards
His prolonged illness turned Julio from a spry, happy bon vivant into a morose and PHLEGMATIC bore.
Sluggish
P
After acting his final, David was SANGUINE about his prospects for a good overall course grade.
Cheerfully optimistic
(Sanguis blood)
S
She has been so MELANCHOLY ever since she broke up with her boyfriend; sometimes she is even too depressed to talk with her friends.
Sad, depressed
(Melan- black + choler bile)
M
Gena’s mom is really nice but her dad is CHOLERIC; he freaks out about the smallest things.
Easily angered
(Choler- bile + -ic characterized by)
C
Christine is a talented volleyball player, but she’s no RECALCITRANT that our coach often keeps her on the bench.
Stubbornly resistant to authority
(Re- back + calcitrare kick)
R
After three weeks of factoring polynomials, my entire class became LETHARGIC; we were board to death!
Sluggish; fully apathetic
L
SPLENETIC outbursts happen when your friends talk while you are trying to work.
Irritable; easily angered
(Splen- spleen)
S
QUERULOUS tone or a sign of irritation.
Disposed to complaining
Q
We object also to the catastrophe as too DOLOROUS, and as absolutely improbable.
Marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain
(Dolor- pain)
D
The Negro soldiers felt keenly about the frequent show of racial ANIMOSITY.
Hostility; ill-will
(Animosus bold)
A
PUSILLANIMOUS nature of contemporary political arguments is cowardly.
Cowardly
(Pusillus- weak + anima spirit)
P
Earlier this year he fell prey to a general LASSITUDE.
Feeling of weakness or listlessness
L
