Vocabulary Test #3 Flashcards
Ascetic (n.)
Person who shuns pleasures and lives simply
Astringent (n.)
Substances that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
Astringent (adj.)
- Severe; stern
2. Cashing contraction
Calumnious (adj.)
Farley and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous
Cherubic (adj.)
Chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub
Convivial (adj.)
Fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable
Elation (n.)
State of being elated; euphoria
Emaciated (adj.)
Made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness
Encomium (n.)
Speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy; panegyric
Eulogise (v.)
Praise; extol; laud; glorify
Facetious (adj.)
- In the habit of joking
2. Said in jest without serious intent
Fester (v.)
Form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
Flippant (adj.)
Treating serious matters lightly
Fulsome (adj.)
Offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting
Halcyon (adj.)
Calm; peaceful
Jocose (adj.)
Given to jesting; playfully humorous; jocular
Jocund (adj.)
Merry; cheerful; lighthearted
Libel (n.)
False and defamatory printed or written statement
Menagerie (n.)
Place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals
Morbid (adj.)
- Gruesome
2. Having to do with disease
Obsequious (adj.)
Showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning
Poignant (adj.)
Painfully touching; piercing
Stigma (n.)
Mark of disgrace
Sycophant (n.)
Parasitic flatterer; truckler
Travesty (n.)
Imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery
Virulent (adj.)
- Extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
2. Very bitter
Ascetic (adj.)
Shunning pleasures; self denying; austere