Vocabulary for Emotional States, Disasters, and Historical Events

ANECDOTES

short, humorous stories

APATHY

lack of emotion or feeling

BEREAVED

left alone by death

BLANDISHMENTS

coaxing by flattery

CONSTRAINT

restrictions

CONTAGION

a harmful influence

CONVALESCENT

returning to health after an illness

CONVOY

a group of vehicles traveling together

DEPORTEES

those being expelled from a country

DEPRIVE

to take something away from

DEVOID

completely lacking or empty

DREGS

the least desirable portions

ELAPSED

passed

EMACIATED

made thin due to starvation

EMIGRATION

leaving one area to settle in another

ENCUMBERED

hindered; restricted

EVACUATION

withdrawing troops or civilians

FEEBLE

lacking strength, weak

FRENZY

violent mental agitation or wild excitement

HERMETICALLY

sealed against the entry or escape of air

INSIGNIFICANT

trivial; not important

LAMENTATION

grief; mourning

LATTER

second of two

LIVID

ashen; pallid

LUCIDITY

clear understanding

MELANCHOLY

sadness; depression

MONOCLE

an eyeglass for one eye

NOTORIOUS

known unfavorably

PESTILENTIAL

likely to cause an epidemic disease

PLAINTIVE

expressing sorrow

PROFOUNDLY

absolutely; in an unqualified way

PROVISIONS

necessary supplies, such as food

RAUCOUS

boisterous and disorderly

RECESSES

remote, secret places

RELENTLESSLY

steadily; persistently

SABOTAGE

treacherous action to defeat a cause

SURNAME

family name

TETHER

the limit of one's resources or endurance

THRASH

beat; hit

TORMENT

to cause physical pain or mental anguish

TREATISE

written discussion of a topic

VITALITY

vigor; energy

VOID

emptiness