Chapter 3 Vocab

Blithe

1. merry; joyous

2. heedless

Buoy

keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage

Buoyant

1. cheerful

2. able to float

Complacency

self-satisfaction; smugness

Complacent

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

Convivial

fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable

Conviviality

sociability

Delectable

very pleasing; delightful

Ecstasy

state of overwhelming joy; rapture

Ecstatic

in ecstasy; enraptured

Elated

in high spirits; joyful

Elation

state of being elated; euphoria

Frolic

play and run about happily; have fun; romp

Frolicsome

full of merriment; playful

Gala

characterized by festivity

Jocund

merry; cheerful; lighthearted

Jubilant

showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant

Jubilation

rejoicing; exultation

Ascetic (adj.)

shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere

Ascetic (n.)

person who shuns pleasures and lives simply

Chagrin

embarrassment; mortification; disappointment

Chagrined

ashamed; mortified

Compunction

regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple

Contrite

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

Contrition

repentance; remorse; penitence

Dejected

sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast

Dejection

lowness of spirits; sadness; depression

Disconsolate

cheerless; inconsolable

Disgruntled

in bad humor; displeased; discontented

Doleful

causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious

Glum

moody; gloomy; dour

Lament

mourn; deplore

Lamentable

pitiable; rueful

Maudlin

weakly sentimental and tearful

Nostalgia

1. homesickness

2. yearning for the past

Nostalgic

homesick

Pathetic

arousing pity

Pathos

quality in events or in art (literature, music, etc.) that arouses our pity

Pensive

thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy

Plight

unfortunate state; predicament

Poignant

painfully touching; piercing

Sullen

resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy

Throes

anguish; pangs

Tribulation

suffering; distress

Burly

strongly and heavily built; husky

Buxom

plump and attractive

Cherubic

chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub

Obese

extremely overweight; corpulent; portly

Obesity

excessive body weight; corpulence

Pudgy

short and plump; chubby

Attenuate

make thin; weaken

Emaciated

made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness

Haggard

careworn; gaunt

Lank

lean; ungracefully tall; lanky

Svelte

slender; lithe

Adulation

excessive praise; flattery

Blandishment

word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement

Cajole

persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

Cajolery

persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

Curry favor

seek to gain favor by flattery

Fulsome

offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting

Ingratiate

work (oneself) into favor

Lackey

follower who carries out another’s wishes like a servant; toady

Obsequious

showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning

Sycophant

parasitic flatterer; truckler

Truckle

submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself