Unit 5 words Flashcards
Jocular
JOC
cheerful; tending to make others laugh to bring them joy
Joke
JOC
Something said to provoke laughter
Festoon
FEST, FET
to decorate with ribbons or garlands in a chain-like style
Fete
FEST, FET
festive celebration; to celebrate joyously
Bacchic
BAACH
Drunken
Bacchanal
Bacch
occasion of wild drunkenness
Plaint
sad cry or complaint
Plaintive
PLAINT
sounding sad
Plantiff
PLAINT
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law
Elegiac
ELEG
relating to or characteristic of an elegy
Somnolent
SOMN
Sleepy
Insomnia
SOMN
condition characterized by inability to sleep
Sopor
abnormally deep sleep
Soporific
SOPOR
tending to induce sleep or drowsiness
Vigilant
VIGIL
Being alert to possible danger or difficult
Vigilante
VIGIL
a member of a group of volunteers who decide on their own to stop crime and to punish criminals.
Acquiesce
QUIES
To accept reluctantly, but without protest
Requiem
QUIES
act, token, or, composition intended for remembrance of the dead
Languid
LANG
Relaxed and not inclined to physical exertion
Languor
LANG
state of laziness tiredness or inactivity
