Vocabulary Unit 16 Flashcards
Excruciating
Adj.
extremely painful, agonizing
Unbearable
Pleasant
CRUX
Latin
Cross
Excruciating, crux, crucial
Crux
Noun
The most important or decisive point
Essence
Extra
Crucial
Adj.
extreme necessary; essential
DOL
Latin
T feel pain, to be grieved
Indolent, doleful,dolorous
Indolent
Adj.
lazy, averse to work
Listless
Robust
Doleful
Adj.
sad or mournful
Depressed
Cheerful
Dolorous
Adj.
mourning; gloomy
Bleak
Uplifting
ACRI
Latin
Sharp
Acerbic, acrid, acrimonious,exacerbate
Acerbic
Adj.
harsh and biting in tone
Sharp
Bland
Acrid
Adj.
Stinging or biting in odor or taste, harsh, irritating.
Acrimonious
Adj.
exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood
Bitter
Civil
Exacerbate
Verb
To make worse or more severe
Aggravate
Ease
FERV
Latin
To boil, be warm
Fervent, fervor, effervescent
Fervent
Adj.
passionately excited ion enthusiastic
Fiery
Indifferent