l19 Flashcards
dilatory
intended to delay
languid
lacking energy/spirit (can be for inanimate objects)
lethargy
severe lack of energy (only w ppl)
melancholy
sadness
sad and gloomy
quiescent
being still, quiet, inactive
repose
rest, relaxation
to sleep or lie down
sloth
laziness
somnambulate
sleepwalk
soporific
causing to sleep
noun - sleep medicine
stupor
a daze
obstreperous
noisy/hard to control
obtuse
slow to understand
odious
extremely unpleasant
onerous
burdensome
oration
formal speech
ornate
elaborate and decorated
ostentatious
showy, glitzy
face the music
accept reality
darkest before dawny
things seem the worst before they get good
through thick and thin
through good and bad times
root words:
somn-
leg-
dorm-
sleep
law
sleep