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College Writing #1

CW chapter three, list one

QuestionAnswer
bliss perfect happiness
blithe merry; joyous
buoy raise the spirits of
buoyant cheerful or able to float
complacent too pleased with oneself; smug
convivial fond of eating/drinking with friends; social
delectable delightful and very pleasing
ecstasy state of overwhelming joy; rapture
ecstatic enraptured; in ecstasy
elated in high spirits; joyful
frolic play and run about happily
ascetic shunning pleasures; self-denying
chagrin embarrassment or diappointment
compunction regret; remorse
contrite showing deep retret and sorrow for wrongdoing
dejected sad; in low spirits; depressed
disconsolate cheerless; inconsolable
disgruntled in bad humor; discontented
doleful causing grief or sadness; mournful
glum moody; gloomy
lament mourn; deplore
maudlin weakly sentimental and tearful
nostalgia homesickness; yearning for the past
pathetic arousing pity
pathos quality in events or in art that arouses emotions
pensive thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy
plight unfortunate state; predicament
poignant painfully touching; piercing
sullen resentfully silent; morose; gloomy
throes anguish
tribulation suffering; distress
burly strong and heavily built
buxom plump and attractive
cherubic chubby and innocent-looking, like an angelic child (cherub)
obese extremely overweight; corpulent
pudgy chubby
attenuate make thin; weaken
emaciated made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean due to illness or starvation
haggard careworn; gaunt
lank lean; ungracefully tall
svelte slender; lithe
adulation excessive praise; flattery
blandishment word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement
cajolery persuasion by flattery
curry favor seek to gain favor by flattery
fulsome offensive because of insincerity
ingratiate work oneself into favor
lackey follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant
obsequious showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient
sycophant parasitic flatterer; a suck-up or brown-noser
truckle submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself
Created by: mrslubs
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