vocab Flashcards
misanthropic
disliking humankind and avoiding human society
lucid
having full use of one’s faculties
fervent
exhibiting or marked by a great intensity of feeling
assuage
to lessen the intensity of something that pains of distresses
jocular
said or done as a joke and characterized as jesting
ardor
and often restless or transitory warmth of feeling or, an extreme vigor of energy
anthology
a collection of selected literary pieces or passages, or works of art or music
pernicious
highly injurious or destructive
lament
to express sorrow, mourning, or regret; often demonstratively
disseminate
to disperse through
bygone
belonging to past times
morose
sullen, gloomy, sour-tempered, unsocial
aegis
protection, backing of support of a person or organization
despondent
characterized by loss of heart or resolution; laboring under mental depression
fastidious
having exacting standards or paving meticulous attention to detail