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AP Lang Vocab. Week 9
Lachrymose-Epaulet
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English
11th Grade
07/28/2010

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Lachrymose
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Suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
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Morose
Definition
Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
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Apathetic
Definition
Having or showing little or no emotion.
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Listless
Definition
Having or showing or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent.
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Despondent
Definition
Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom. 
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Lugubrious
Definition
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.
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Morbid
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Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude, unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.
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Querulous
Definition
Full of complaints; complaining.
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Petulant
Definition
Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.
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Peevish
Definition
Cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent.
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Dolorous
Definition
Full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful.  
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Pedestrain
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Lacking in vitality, imagination, or distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull.
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Olfactory
Definition
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
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Tactile
Definition
Of, pertaining to, or endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
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Audile
Definition
Of or pertaining to the auditory system; a person in whose mind auditory images are predominant or unusually distinct.
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Gustatory
Definition
Of or pertaining to taste of tasting.
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Rhino-
Definition
A prefix meaning "nose" used in the formation of compound words.
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Hirsute
Definition
Hairy; shaggy; of or pertaining to the hair. 
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Visceral
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Of or pertaining to the organs in the cavities of the body.
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Genuflect
Definition
To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
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Epaulet
Definition
An ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military  officers.
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