AP Lit Fiske Vocab Ch. 73-75
The final (!) set of vocabulary from Fiske Word Power from chapters 73, 74, and 75 for Mr. Proctor's AP Literature class.
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| 178215751 | lachrymose | weeping, inclined to weep; or tending to cause weeping | |
| 178215752 | morose | describes someone who is melancholy, gloomy, or generally down in the dumps | |
| 178215753 | apathetic | describes someone who lacks feeling, lacks interest, and has a bad case of the "blahs" | |
| 178215754 | listless | lacking feeling physically as well as mentally (similar to apathetic) | |
| 178215755 | despondent | discouraged, dejected | |
| 178215756 | lugubrious | gloomy, often to an exaggerated degree | |
| 178215757 | morbid | refers to a disturbed state of mind, an emphasis on or preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts | |
| 178215758 | querulous | describes a person who whines, complains, and grumbles | |
| 178215759 | petulant | describes one who is generally irritable or bad-tempered | |
| 178215760 | peevish | describes the mood of one who is unpleasant to be around | |
| 178215761 | dolorous, doleful | sad or sorrowful | |
| 178215762 | euphonic | suggests an extreme of happiness | |
| 178215763 | ebullient | describes an outward manner of high enthusiasm that would presumably come from a feeling of joy and high spirits | |
| 178215764 | buoyant | light-hearted, uplifted | |
| 178215765 | ecstatic | implies an extreme of happiness (similar to euphoric) | |
| 178215766 | jubilant | very happy | |
| 178215767 | exultant | extremely happy | |
| 178215768 | jocular | tending to make jokes | |
| 178215769 | risible | relating to laughter: describes a person feeling inclined to laugh, or describes remarks or situations that are likely to provide laughter | |
| 178215770 | complacent | being unpleasantly self-satisfied or smug | |
| 178215771 | complaisant | describes a person who is overly eager to please or who calmly accepts mistreatment | |
| 178215772 | dunce | a stupid person, a dolt | |
| 178215773 | luddite | a person who opposes technology | |
| 178215774 | pyrrhic | a technical win achieved at a high cost | |
| 178215775 | spoonerism | refers to humorous transpositions of sounds (ex: blushing crows instead of crushing blows) | |
| 178215776 | draconian | describes treatment that is seen as exceedingly harsh or severe | |
| 178215777 | maverick | a person who dissents from group opinion and goes his or her own way | |
| 178215778 | quixotic | overly idealistic | |
| 178215779 | mesmerize | to enthrall, to capture fully someone's attention | |
| 178215780 | galvanize | to spur someone into thought or action | |
| 178215781 | tawdry | cheap or gaudy in appearance or something more figuratively shameful |