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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary Through Central Ideas
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English
10th Grade
11/16/2010

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Bliss
Definition

perfect happiness

 

blissful - very happy

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Blithe
Definition

1. merry; joyous

2. heedless

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Buoy
Definition

1. keep afloat

2. raise the spirits of; encourage

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Buoyant
Definition

1. cheerful

2. able to float

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Ascetic
Definition

1. shunning pleasures; self-denying

2. a person who shuns pleasure & lives simply

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Chagrin
Definition

embarrassment;mortification; disappointment

chagrined - ashamed; mortified 

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Compunction
Definition
regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm
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Contrite
Definition

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

 

contrition - repentance

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Dejected
Definition

sad; in low spirits; depressed

 

dejection - lowness of spirits; sadness; depression

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Disconsolate
Definition
cheerless; inconsolable
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Disgruntled
Definition
in bad humor; displeased; discontented
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Doleful
Definition
causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous
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Glum
Definition
moody; gloomy; dour
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Lament
Definition
mourn; deplore
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Burly
Definition
strongly and heavily built; husky
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Buxom
Definition
plump and attractive
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Cherubic
Definition
chubby and innocent - looking; like a cherub
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Obese
Definition

extremely overweight; corpulent; portly

obesity - excessive body weight; corpulence

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Pudgy
Definition
short & plump; chubby
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Attenuate
Definition
make thin; weaken
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Emaciated
Definition
made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness
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haggard
Definition
careworn; gaunt
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Lank
Definition
lean; ungracefully tall; lanky
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Svelte
Definition
Slender; lithe
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Adulation
Definition
excessive praise; flattery
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Blandishment
Definition
word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement
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Cajole
Definition

Persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

 

cajolery - persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

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Curry favor
Definition
seek to gain favor by flattery
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fulsome
Definition
offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting
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Ingratiate
Definition
work (oneself) into favor
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Lackey
Definition
follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant; toady
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Obsequious
Definition
showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning
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Sycophant
Definition
parasitic flatterer; truckler
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Truckle
Definition
submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself
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