Ch. 3 Vocab 1

Question 1

buoyant

Answer 1

cheerful, able to float

Question 2

complacent

Answer 2

too pleased with oneself, smug, self-satisfied

Question 3

convivial

Answer 3

fond of eating/drinking w/friends, sociable

Question 4

delectable

Answer 4

very pleasing, delightful

Question 5

ecstatic

Answer 5

in ecstasy

Question 6

elation

Answer 6

euphoria, state of being elated

Question 7

frolic

Answer 7

play and run happily, have fun, romp

Question 8

jocund

Answer 8

merry, cheerful, lighthearted

Question 9

ascetic

Answer 9

shunning pleasures, self-denying

person who shuns/lives simply

Question 10

chagrined

Answer 10

ashamed, mortified

Question 11

contrite

Answer 11

showing deep regret, remorseful, repentant

Question 12

dejected

Answer 12

sad, in low spirits, depressed, downcast

Question 13

disconlate

Answer 13

cheerless, inconsolable

Question 14

disgruntled

Answer 14

in bad humor, displeased, discontented

Question 15

glum

Answer 15

moody, gloomy, down

Question 16

lament

Answer 16

mourn, deplore

Question 17

maudlin

Answer 17

weakly sentimental and tearful

Question 18

nostalgia

Answer 18

homesickness, yearning for the past

Question 19

pathos

Answer 19

quality in events or in art that arouses pity

Question 20

pensive

Answer 20

thoughtful in a sad way, melancholy

Question 21

poignant

Answer 21

painfully touching, piercing

Question 22

tribulation

Answer 22

suffering distress

Question 23

cherubic

Answer 23

chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub

Question 24

attenuate

Answer 24

make thin, weaken

Question 25

emaciated

Answer 25

made unnaturally thin, abnormally lean because of starvation

Question 26

svelte

Answer 26

slender, lithe

Question 27

adulation

Answer 27

excessive praise, flattery

Question 28

cajolery

Answer 28

persuasion by flattery, wheedling, coaxing

Question 29

obsequious

Answer 29

showing excessive willingness to serve, subservient

Question 30

sycophant

Answer 30

parasitic flatterer