Vocab List 3- Bedore

Jaded

fatigued by overwork, made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by having or seeing too much of something

Jocund

marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness

Jovial

characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality

Laudatory

of, relating to, or expressing praise

Lugubrious

exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful, dismal

Macabre

having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death, dwelling on the gruesome, tending to produce horror in a beholder

Melancholic

tending to depress the spirits

Mirthful

gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

Nonplussed

unsure about what to say, think, or do,

Obsequious

marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Pedantic

narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned, unimaginative, dull

Pensive

musingly or dreamily thoughtful, suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

Placid

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

Pretentious

making usually unjustified or excessive claims , expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature, making demands on one's skill, ability, or means : ambitious

Recalcitrant

bstinately defiant of authority or restraint, difficult to manage or operate, not responsive to treatment, resistant

Reticent

inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved, reluctant, restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance

Risible

capable of laughing, disposed to laugh, arousing or provoking laughter, associated with, relating to, or used in laughter

Sanguine

marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic, relating to blood,

Sardonic

disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking

Supercilious

coolly and patronizingly haughty

Terse

using few words : devoid of superfluity, smoothly elegant : polished

Timorous

of a timid disposition : fearful, expressing or suggesting timidity

Vitriolic

bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism

Whimsical

resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice, full of, actuated by, or exhibiting whims

Wistful

full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy, musingly sad : pensive

Wry

bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side, made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery, cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous

Parsimonious

exhibiting or marked by parsimony, especially : frugal to the point of stinginess, SPARING, RESTRAINED

Reclusive

seeking solitude : retiring from society, marked by seclusion or retirement : SOLITARY

Euphemism

the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

Haughty

blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior

Disdain

to look on with scorn, to refuse or abstain from because of a feeling of contempt or scorn, to treat as beneath one's notice or dignity

Effusive

marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm, pouring freely, characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava

Epigrammatic

of, relating to, or resembling an epigram, marked by or given to the use of epigrams

Equivocate

to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive, to avoid committing oneself in what one says

Bliss

complete happiness

Convivial

relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

Adjudicate

to make an official decision about who is right in (a dispute) : to settle judicially

Amorous

strongly moved by love and especially sexual love, of or relating to love

Ambiguity

the quality or state of being ambiguous especially in meaning, a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways : an ambiguous word or expression

Feign

to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression, disguise, conceal

Assuage

to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : EASE, satisfy

Irrepressible

impossible to repress, restrain, or control