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section 3 and 4
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12th Grade
10/15/2006
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Frolic(v)
 Definition
play and run about happily
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Frolicsome(adj)
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full of merriment, playful
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Gala(adj)
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Party
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Jocund(adj)
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Merry, Cheerful
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Jubilant(adj)
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showing great joy
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Jubilant(adj)
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showing great joy
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Jubliaton(n)
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rejoicing, exultation
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Ascetic(adj)
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shunning pleasure
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Ascetic(n)
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person who shuns pleasures and live simply
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Chagrin(n)
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Embassasment
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Chagrined(adj)
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ashamed, mortified
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compunction(n)
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regret, remorse
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Contrite(adj)
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showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing
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Contrition(n)
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repentance
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Dejected(adj)
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sad, in low spirits, depressed
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Dejection(n)
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Lowness, sadness
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Disconsolate(adj)
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cheerless, inconsolable
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disgruntled(adj)
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In bad humor, displeased
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Doleful(adj)
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causing grief or sadness, mournful
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Glum(adj)
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moody, glummy
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lament(v)
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mourn, deplore
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lamentable(adj)
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pitiable, rueful
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maudlin(adj)
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weakly sentimental and tearful
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Nostalgia(adj)
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homesickness
yearning for past
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Nostalgic(adj)
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homesick
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Pathetic(adj)
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arousing pity
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pathos(n)
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quality in events or in art
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Pensive(adj)
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thoughtful in a sad way
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Plight(n)
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unfortunate state
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Poignant(adj)
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painfully touching, piercing
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Sullen(adj)
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resentfully silent
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Throes(n. pl.)
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anguish
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tribulation(n)
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suffering, distress
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burly(adj)
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strongly and heavily built
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buxom(adj)
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plump and attractive
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Cherubic(adj)
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chubby and innocent looking
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Obese(adj)
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extremely overweight
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Obesity(n)
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excessive body weight
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Pudgy(adj)
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short and plump, chubby
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Attenuate(v)
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make thin, weaken
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Emaciated(adj)
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made unnaturally thin
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haggard(adj)
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careworn, gaunt
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Lank(adj)
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Lean, ungracefully tall
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Svelte(adj)
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Sleder, lithe
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Adulation(n)
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excessive praise, flattery
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Blandishment(n)
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word or deed of mild flattery
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Cajole(v)
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persuade by pleasant words
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Cajolery(n)
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Persuasion by flattery
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Curry(v)favor(n)
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seek to gain favor by flattery
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fulsome(adj)
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offensive because of insincerity
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Ingratiate(v)
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work, oneself, into favor
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Lackey(n)
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Follower who carries out anothers wishes like a servant
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Obsequious(adj)
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showing excessive willingness
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Sycophant(n)
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parasitic flatterer
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Truckle(v)
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submit in a subservient manner to a superior
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Bliss(n)
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perfect happiness
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Blissful(adj)
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very happy
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Blithe(adj)
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merry, joyous
heedless
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Buoy(v)
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keep afloat raise the spirits
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buoyant(adj)
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cheerful
able to float
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complacency(n)
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self-satisfaction
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Complacent(adj)
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too pleased with oneself, without knowing
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Convivial(adj)
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fond of eating and drinking with friends,social
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conviviality(n)
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socialbility
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delectable(adj)
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very pleasing, delightful
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Ecstasy(n)
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state of overwhelming joy
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Ecstatic(adj)
 Definition
in ecstasy
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