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College English 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Satiated | desire, greedy, gluttony |
| Nostalgia | longing for the pleasant past |
| Benevolence | charitableness, desire for welfare of others |
| Frustration | failure to achieve something desirable |
| Lethargy | state of apathy or indifference |
| Enervated | deprived of physical, nervous, and emotional energy |
| Weltschmerz | world pain, gloomy from world philosophy |
| Ennui | feeling of listless weariness due to boredom/inactivity |
| Misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| Misogynist | hater of women |
| Vindictive | disposed to revenege |
| Supercilious | lofty with pride |
| Antipathy | aversion or dislike |
| Compunction | regret, self reproach of wrong doing |
| Vicariously | experience something indirectly |