Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
eulogy (n)
|
an honorific speech at a funeral
|
Tough Times
logia Aunt Cay gave a eulogy at my mother's funeral. |
|
|
despondent (adj)
|
lacking hope
|
Tough Times
The cancer patient was despondent and knew she was going to die. |
|
|
doleful (adj)
|
filled with grief
|
Tough Times
dolus Her death was a doleful event that affected our whole school. |
|
|
anemic (adj)
|
feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiancy in the blood
|
Tough Times
emia She had to go through life with an oxygen tube because she was anemic. |
|
|
malady (n)
|
a disease
|
Tough Times
Any kind of fungus on the body is considered to be a malady. |
|
|
anguish (n)
|
extreme suffering
|
Tough Times
My grandmother lives in extreme anguish after the death of my mother. |
|
|
dirge (n)
|
a funeral song
|
Tough Times
Many beautiful dirges were played at her funeral. |
|
|
blight (n)
|
a diseased condition
|
Tough Times
I was cursed with the blight of a twitch. |
|
|
affliction (n)
|
a disorder causing suffering
|
Tough Times
She was so afflicted that she commited suicide. |
|
|
elegy (n)
|
a poem or song relating to death
|
Tough Times
This song is a elegy. |
|
|
epitaph (n)
|
an inscription found on a gravestone
|
Tough Times
The epitaph told when she was born and when she had died. |
|
|
doldrums (n)
|
the blues; persistant unhappiness
|
Tough Times
dolus She had the doldrums and always wore blue. |
|
|
adversity (n)
|
hardship
|
Tough Times
Seeing my mother die was a great adversity in my life. |
