Vocabulary Words

adj- joyous; sprightly; mirthful; merry;cheerful; buoyant; vivacious

adj-exercising moderation and self-restraint; restrained                              moderate in degree, as in climate 

v- to lessen or decrease (something negative); to wane or subside

-n- a decrease or reduction of something undesirable

-adj- continued, prologue, without a let up

n- an obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant; a yes man                        a subordinate officials

v- to ask or seek earnestly or pleadingly; to beg; to entreat; to implore

-adj- expressing anxious care or concern; thoughtful, attentive

-adj- various, miscellaneous

n- articles too small or numerous to be specified

-v- to make friendly again or settle a quarrel; to bring into harmony; to make content or accepting towards something difficult (followed by to)

-adj- tending to make peace between disagreeing persons

adj- stopping and staring at intervals; sporadic

-n- an opening, tear, or rupture; a gap or rift; a violation or infraction, as of a law, a legal obligation, or a promise                                           a breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement                  a leap of a whale from the water                                         -v- to make hole or gap in; breakthrough                                          to break or violate (the agreement)vivacious

n- prosperity; happiness; the general good or welfare of the community           a ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt

-v- to free from impurities; to purify; to cleanse; to remove or get rid of something considered undesirable; to eliminate      purgative-n-/-adj-

-v- to cause to appear foolish, stupid, inconsistent                                to cause to be of no effect; to muse to be of no effect; to make worthless or useless                                        stultifying-adj-

-n- the ability to feel and understand what someone is going through; sympathy; compassion                          empathetic-adj-      empathize-v-

-v- to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; to devise; to intent or fabricate, esp. by improvisation; to plan with evil intent; to scheme

-adj- obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored (a contrived ending to a story or an excuse)

-n- something contrived (a mechanical device or a clever plan)

-adj- extremely small in size, tiny, small                                       -n- as a suffix that indicates smallness or familiarity (booklet, lambkin)

-n-a person with refined taste, esp. in food and wine; a gourmet                   a person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living

-adj- devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure and luxury

v- to decide in a dispute; to submit to settlement or judgment

-n- the process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group

-v- a past tense and a past participle of “work”’ put together; created; shaped by hammering tools; made delicately or elaborately

-v- to make public; to make known something that is private; to reveal; to disclose; to betray                                           divulgence-n-