APLang - Vocabulary (Group 6) / Unit 3 part 2

elated (adj.)

in high spirits; joyful

elation (n.)

state of being elated; euphoria

frolic (v.)

play and run about happily; have fun; romp

frolicsome (adj.)

full of merriment; playful

gala (adj.)

characterized by festivity

jocund (adj.)

merry; cheerful; lighthearted

jubilant (adj.)

showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant

jubilation (n.)

rejoicing; exultation

lament (v.)

mourn; deplore

lamentable (adj.)

pitiable; rueful

maudlin (adj.)

weakly sentimental and tearful

nostalgia (n.)

homesickness; yearning for the past

nostalgic (adj.)

homesick

pathetic (adj.)

arousing pity

pathos (n.)

quality in events or in art that arouses our pity

pensive (adj.)

thoughtful in a sad way: melancholy

plight (n.)

unfortunate state; predicament

poignant (adj.)

painfully touching; piercing

sullen (adj.)

resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy

throes (n. pl.)

anguish; pangs

tribulation (n.)

suffering; distress

adulation (n.)

excessive praise: flattery

blandishment (n.)

word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement

cajole (v.)

persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

cajolery (n.)

persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

curry (v.) favor (n.)

seek to gain favor by flattery

fulsome (adj.)

offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting

ingratiate (v.)

work (oneself) into favor

lackey (n.)

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

obsequious (adj.)

showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning

sycophant (n.)

parasitic flatterer; truckler

truckle (v.)

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