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Vocabulary #2
Mr. McNulty's Vocab
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English
11th Grade
10/18/2009

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Blithe (adj)
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Cheerful and carefree or casually indifferent. Jocund
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Complacent (adj)
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Satisfied: self-satisfied, usually in an unreflective way and without being aware of possible dangers or eager to please.
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Convivial (adj)
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Pleasant: enjoyable because of its friendliness or sociable: enjoying the company of others. Gregarius
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Elated (adj)
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Very happy and excited. Due to Pride.
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Jocund (adj)
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Jolly: cheerful and full of good humor. Blithe
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Throes (N)
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Effects of pangs: the effects of severe physical pain.
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Poignant (adj)
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Causing sadness or pity or sharply perceptive or sharply painful or strong smelling or tasting. Painfully touching or emotion
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Pensive (adj)
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Deeply thoughtful: thinking deeply about something, especially in a sad or serious manner. Melancholy- sad, quietly thoughtful 
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Pathos (N)
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Emotion aroused by art or literature
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Maudlin (adj)
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Sentimental: overly or tearfully sentimental, especially because affected by alcohol.
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Contrite (adj)
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Very sorry: genuinely and deeply sorry about something or arising from sense of guilt: done or said out of a sense of guilt or remorse full of contrite promises or ashamed of own sin: deeply ashamed of past sins and determined not to sin in the future. Deep regret
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Lamentable (adj)
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Disappointingly bad: unsatisfactory, pitiful, or deplorable or sad and mournful. Sad because of pity; Rueful
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Disgruntled (adj)
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Resentfully angry: in a state of resentful dissatisfaction, anger, and irritation.
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Compunction (N)
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Shame: feelings of shame and regret about doing something wrong.
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Chagrin (N)
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Anger at being let down: a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something.
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Ascetic (adj)
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Austere: choosing or reflecting austerity and self-denial or relating to asceticism: relating to asceticism as a way of life. Shunning pleasure
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Svelte (adj)
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Slim: graceful and slender in figure or contour. lithe
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Emaciated (adj)
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Very thin: extremely thin, especially because of starvation or illness.
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Attenuate (V)
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Make or become weaker: to reduce the size, strength, or density of something, or to become thinner, weaker, or less dense
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Obese (adj)
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Unhealthily overweight. corpulent- unhealthily overweight
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Cherubic (adj)
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Angelic: like a cherub in appearance or demeanor, especially in being sweet, innocent, often chubby-cheeked, and extremely well-behaved.
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Buxom (adj)
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Plump and healthy-looking: used to describe a woman who is plump, attractive, and healthy-looking.
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Sycophant (N)
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Fawning flatterer: somebody who servilely or obsequiously flatters a powerful person for personal gain. Parasitic flatterer- lives of others
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Obsequious (adj)
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Too eager to please or obey: excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions. Fawning; slavishly attentive
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Lackey (N)
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Obedient follower: somebody excessively willing to obey another’s orders. Slavish follower.  Myrrmidon
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Ingratiate (V)
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Seek to please somebody: to try to enter somebody’s favor, especially in order to gain an advantage.
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Fulsome (adj)
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Excessively complimentary: effusive or fawning to the point of being offensive embarrassed by their fulsome praise or lavish: great in amount or intensity. Repulsive flattery
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Cajole (V)
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Persuade somebody gently: to persuade somebody to do something by flattery or gentle but persistent argument. Attempt to persuade by gentle words. Wheedle
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Blandishment (N)
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Flattery: the use of flattery and enticements to persuade somebody to do something or piece of flattery. Mild flatterer
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Adulation (N)
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Excessively admiring behavior: excessive flattery or admiration.
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Parasite (N)
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Scrounger: somebody who lives off the generosity of others and does nothing in return
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Ornithology (N)
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Study of birds.
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Lionize (V)
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To make somebody into a celebrity or treat somebody like a celebrity.
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Halcyon (adj)
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Tranquil and free from disturbance or care.
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Badger (V)
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Pester or annoy someone continually. Hector
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Aviary (N)
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Large enclosure for birds.
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Apiary (N)
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Place for bees and beehives.
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