Vocab Flashcards
Apology
An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense
Commiserate
To feel or express sorrow or Pity for; sympathize with
Dismay
To destroy the courage or resolution of by exciting dread or apprehension
Disparage
To speak of in a slighting or disrepectful way
Eulogy
A laudatory speech or written tribute especially one praising someone who has died
Grievance
An actual supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
Maudlin
Tearfully sentimental
Pathos
A quality as of an experience or work of art that arouses feelings of Pity sympathy or tenderness or sorrow
Sentimental
Characterized or swayed by sentiment
Snub
To ignore or behave rudely toward; dismiss
Solemn
Deep, Ernest serious, sober
Sympathy
A relationship or an affinity between people or things in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
Tantrum
A fit of bad temper
Virulent
Extremely infectious, malignant or poisonous
Aggressor
One that engages in aggression