Ch. 3 Vocab 1 Flashcards by Stephen Neal | Brainscape

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buoyant

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cheerful, able to float

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complacent

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too pleased with oneself, smug, self-satisfied

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convivial

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fond of eating/drinking w/friends, sociable

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delectable

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very pleasing, delightful

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ecstatic

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in ecstasy

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elation

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euphoria, state of being elated

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frolic

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play and run happily, have fun, romp

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jocund

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merry, cheerful, lighthearted

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ascetic

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shunning pleasures, self-denying

person who shuns/lives simply

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chagrined

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ashamed, mortified

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contrite

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showing deep regret, remorseful, repentant

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dejected

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sad, in low spirits, depressed, downcast

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disconlate

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cheerless, inconsolable

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disgruntled

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in bad humor, displeased, discontented

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glum

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moody, gloomy, down

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lament

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mourn, deplore

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maudlin

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weakly sentimental and tearful

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nostalgia

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homesickness, yearning for the past

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pathos

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quality in events or in art that arouses pity

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pensive

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thoughtful in a sad way, melancholy

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poignant

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painfully touching, piercing

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tribulation

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suffering distress

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cherubic

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chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub

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attenuate

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make thin, weaken

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emaciated

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made unnaturally thin, abnormally lean because of starvation

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svelte

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slender, lithe

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adulation

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excessive praise, flattery

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cajolery

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persuasion by flattery, wheedling, coaxing

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obsequious

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showing excessive willingness to serve, subservient

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sycophant

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parasitic flatterer