Vocab Unit 4 and 5

peccadillo

a small sin or fault

impeccable

having no flaws

peccant

violating a moral law; sinful

pejorative

negative and critical; insulting

impair

to cause to diminish in strength, value, or quality

malign

to speak of maliciously; to insult

malinger

to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something

malaise

a sense of unease; depression

negligent

not properly attentive

negligible

unimportant; insignificant

negate

to cancel the effect of; to nullify

jocose

cheerful; merry

jocular

characterized by joking

festoon

to drape or adorn festively

fete

to honor with a banquet or feast

bacchic

of or related to a wild celebration

bacchanal

a drunken party or celebration

plaintive

sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness

plaint

a lament or complaint

elegy

a song or poem memorializing something or someone

elegiac

mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful