lit group 3 vocab ( i hate this class )

dissonance

(noun) disagreement or incongruity

doleful

(adj.) sorrowful; mournful; melancholy

effervescent

(adj.) vivacious; merry; lively; sparkling

egregious

(adj.) extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant

esoteric

(adj.) understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest

exacerbate

(verb) to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill filling, etc.); aggravate

extol

(verb) to praise highly; laud; eulogize

facetious

(adj.) not meant to be taken seriously or literally

feral

(adj.) of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal

forsake

(verb) to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert

frugal

(adj.) economical in use of expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; meager; scanty

furtive

(adj.) sly; shifty