AP Lang - Vocabulary (Group 5)

bliss (n.)

perfect happiness

blissful (adj.)

very happy

blithe (adj.)

1. merry; joyous
2. heedless

buoy (v.)

keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage

buoyant (adj.)

1. cheerful
2. able to float

complacency (n.)

self-satisfaction; smugness

complacent (adj.)

too pleased with oneself--often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug

convivial (adj.)

fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable

conviviality (n.)

sociability

delectable (adj.)

very pleasing; delightful

ascetic (adj.)

shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere

ascetic (n.)

person who shuns pleasures and lives simply

chagrin (n.)

embarrassment; mortification; disappointment

chagrined (adj.)

ashamed; mortified

compunction (adj.)

regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple

contrite (adj.)

showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful

contrition (n.)

repentance; remorse; penitence

dejected (adj.)

sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast

dejection (n.)

lowness of spirits; sadness; depression

disconsolate (adj.)

cheerless; inconsolable

disgruntled (adj.)

in bad humor; displeased; discontented

doleful (adj.)

causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious

glum (adj.)

moody; gloomy; dour

burly (adj.)

strongly and heavily built; husky

buxom (adj.)

plump and attractive

cherubic (adj.)

chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub (angel in the form of a child)

obese (adj.)

extremely overweight; corpulent; portly

obesity (n.)

excessive body weight; corpulence

pudgy (adj.)

short and plump; chubby

attenuate (v.)

make thin; weaken

emaciated (adj.)

made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness

haggard (adj.)

careworn; gaunt

lank (adj.)

lean; ungracefully tall; lanky

svelte (adj.)

slender; lithe