Thrid Tone Words. Flashcards
effusive
unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
pouring out; overflowing.
ebullient
overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid.
elated
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits: an elated winner of a contest.
empathetic
of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
encouraging
to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence: His coach encouraged him throughout the marathon race to keep on running.
enraged
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.
euphoric
intensely happy or confident: She was euphoric when she received the Oscar.
excited
stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.
expectant
the act or state of looking forward or anticipating.
fatalistic
the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
fearful
causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition
fervent
having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
hot; burning; glowing.
foreboding
a prediction; portent.
a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
frantic
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
Archaic. insane; mad.
frightened
thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
afraid; fearful (usually followed by of ): He has always been frightened of heights.
frustrated
disappointed; thwarted: an announcer who was a frustrated actor.
having a feeling of or filled with frustration; dissatisfied: His unresolved difficulty left him absolutely frustrated.
furious
full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
intensely violent, as wind or storms.
gleeful
full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
gloomy
dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
grave
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
any place of interment; a tomb or sepulcher: a watery grave.
any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past: the grave of unfulfilled ambitions.
greedy
excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
having a strong or great desire for food or drink.
grim
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
gushy
given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
happy
delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.