English SH5 vocab

Magnanimity (n.)

Great generosity

Anthropology (n.)

The scientific study of humans

Sordid (adj.)

Involving immoral

Imperative (adj.)

Crucial; of vital importance; giving an authoritative command.

Sinuous (adj.)

Having many curves

Acrimonious (adj.)

Angry

Rarefied (adj.)

Distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people (high status); or (of air) thin and low pressure.

Lament (v. / n.)

To express passionate grief

Reproach (v. / n.)

To express disapproval

Bucolic (adj.)

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life; pastoral.

Diffident (adj.)

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Jaded (adj.)

Tired

Adulation (n.)

Excessive praise

Beguiled (v. / adj.)

Charmed

Emaciated (adj.)

Abnormally thin or weak

Pompous (adj.)

Affectedly grand

Indignation (n.)

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Commiserate (v.)

To express or feel sympathy or pity for someone; sympathize.

Epigraph (n.)

A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter

Ambivalent (adj.)

Having mixed

Despondent (adj.)

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage; deeply discouraged.

Existential (adj.)

Relating to human existence

Epiphany (n.)

A sudden

Pompous (adj.)

Affectedly grand

Stoicism (n.)

The endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.