Vocab. Ch. 3 Pages 41-54

Front 1

Perfect happiness, very happy

Back 1

bliss/blissful

Hint 1

"The young movie star could conceive of no greater ____ than winning an "Oscar."

Front 2

1. merry; joyous
2. careless

Back 2

blithe

Hint 2

He was so enraptured with the scenery that he drove right through the intersection in ___disregard of the "Full Stop" sign.

Front 3

keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage

Back 3

buoy/buoyant

Hint 3

Your encouragement ___ us and gave us hope.

Front 4

self-satisfaction, too pleased with oneself

Back 4

complacent/complacency

Hint 4

We should not be ____ about our security; we must be alert to potential threats.

Front 5

self-satisfaction, too pleased with oneself

Back 5

complacent/complacency

Hint 5

We should not be ____ about our security; we must be alert to potential threats.

Front 6

1. found of eating and drinking with friends
2. sociable

Back 6

convivial/conviviality

Hint 6

We enjoy the ____of holiday get-togethers.

Front 7

very pleasing; delightful

Back 7

delectable

Hint 7

The food was _____; we enjoyed every morsel.

Front 8

state of overwhelming joy; rapture

Back 8

ecstasy/ecstatic

Hint 8

If we win tomorrow, there will be ____;if we lose, gloom.

Front 9

in high spirits; joyful
state of being ___;euphoria

Back 9

elated/elation

Hint 9

Unfortunately, our ___ was short-lived.

Front 10

play and run about happily; have fun' romp
full of merriment; playful

Back 10

frolic/frolicsome

Hint 10

Very young children need a safe place to ___.

Front 11

characterized by festivity

Back 11

gala

Hint 11

The annual Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a ___ carnival of parades and merriment.

Front 12

merry; cheerful

Back 12

jocund

Hint 12

Our neighbor is a ___ fellow who tells amusing anecdotes.

Front 13

showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant

Back 13

jubilant/jubilation

Hint 13

On eleciton night there usually is ___ at the campaign headquarters of the victorious party.

Front 14

shunning pleasures; self-denying
person who shuns pleasures and lives simply

Back 14

ascetic

Hint 14

The __ Puritans rigidly suppressed many forms of recreation.

Front 15

embarrassment; mortification; disappointment

Back 15

chagrin/chagrined

Hint 15

Imagine my ____ when I learned that I had not been invited to the party!!

Front 16

regret; remorse; misgiving;qualm

Back 16

compunction

Hint 16

We had no ___ about turning in the old car because it had become undependable.

Front 17

showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant

Back 17

contrite/contrition

Hint 17

The ringleader showed no __, but his accomplices have expressed sorrow for their misdeeds.

Front 18

sad; in low spirits; depressed

Back 18

dejected/dejection

Hint 18

We are elated when our team wins, but ___ when it loses.

Front 19

cheerless; inconsolable

Back 19

disconsolate

Hint 19

The mother could not stop her __ son from sobbing over the loss of his dog.

Front 20

in bad humor; displeased; discontented

Back 20

disgruntled

Hint 20

From her ___ expression I could tell she was not satisfied.

Front 21

causing greef or sadness; mournful; dolorous

Back 21

doleful

Hint 21

The refugee told a ___ tale of hunger and persecution

Front 22

moody; gloomy; dour

Back 22

glum

Hint 22

As they emerged from the conference, both the Mayer and the Governor were ____ and refused to talk to reporters.

Front 23

mourn; deplore
pitiable; rueful

Back 23

lament/lamentable

Hint 23

We ___ the loss of life, and we sympathize with the victims' families.

He described the ___ hardships of the three miners trapped in the underground chamber.

Front 24

weekly sentimental and tearful

Back 24

maudlin

Hint 24

After singing a couple of ____ numbers, the quartet was asked for something more cheerful.

Front 25

1. homesickness
2. yearning for the past

Back 25

nostalgia/nostalgic

Hint 25

When away from home for too long, we tend to become ___.

Front 26

arousing pity

Back 26

pathetic

Hint 26

Despite his ___ condition, the released hostage had a ready smile.

Front 27

quality in events or in art (literature, music, etc.) that arouses our pity

Back 27

pathos

Hint 27

The young seamstress who precedes Sydney Carton to the guillotine adds to the ___ of a TALE OF TWO CITIES.

Front 28

thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy

Back 28

pensive

Hint 28

Unlike her cheerful, outgoing sister, Elizabeth was __ and shy.

Front 29

unfortunate state; predicament

Back 29

plight

Hint 29

Numerous offers of assistance were received after the ___ of the distressed family was publicized.

Front 30

painfully touching; piercing

Back 30

poignant

Hint 30

One of the most ___ scenes in MACBETH occurs when Macduff learns that his wife and children have been slaughtered.

Front 31

resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy

Back 31

sullen

Hint 31

The ___ suspect refused to give his name and address.

Front 32

anguish; pangs

Back 32

throes

Hint 32

Fortunate are those who have never experienced the ___ of separation from a loved one.

Front 33

suffering; distress

Back 33

tribulation

Hint 33

The 1845 potato famine was a time of great ___ in Ireland.

Front 34

strongly and heavily built; husky

Back 34

burly

Hint 34

Extra-large football uniforms were ordered to outfit our ___ linemen.

Front 35

plump and attractive

Back 35

buxom

Hint 35

By the side of her skinny city cousin, the farm girl looked radiant and ___.

Front 36

chubby and innocent-looking; like an angel in the form of a child

Back 36

cherubic

Hint 36

Your well-nourished nephew, despite his ___ face, can be quite mischievous.

Front 37

extremely overweight; corpulent; portly

Back 37

obese/obesity

Hint 37

For a long, healthy life, one should give up smoking and avoid becoming ___.

Front 38

short and plump; chubby

Back 38

pudgy

Hint 38

This ring is too small for a ___ finger.

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