Second Ton Word Flashcards
casual
relaxed and unconcerned.
candid
truthful and straightforward; frank.
cheerful
full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright: cheerful surroundings.
choleric
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.
Obsolete .
cold
having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
compassionate
having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave granted to attend a funeral.
conceited
having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities, appearance, etc.
conciliatory
tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
confident
having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one’s own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.
confused
to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
contentious
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues.
cynical
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
delightful
giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
depressed
sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
derisive
characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.