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-Servile- meanly submissive• “When her career was riding high, the self-deluded
actress often mistook sycophants for true friends.”• Synonyms: Suck-up, brownnoser, follower• Source: www.merriam-webster.com
Malice
• –noun 1. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
• 2. Law . evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.
• O.K. , so we don't always see eye to eye but there's never been any real malice in our dealings before.
Becoming angry easilyMarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger.Crabby; grumpy; grouchy; choleric; irritable
Justin Crenshaw
\i-’ra-sə-bəl\Pronunciation :
“Irascible.” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. web. 9 Mar. 2011.
The irascible man threw the expensive mug at the wall.
Elation (Noun) Kalyn Goodwin
joyfulness or exaltation of spirit, as from success, pleasure, or relief; high spirits
The cat was elated to see the ribbons to play with.
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–noun 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness. 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.
“She took umbrage at his remarks.”
“He felt a great sense of umbrage when the nurse started his IV.”
Sample sentence:The guest speaker dominated conversations with his bombastic tone and overbearing demeanor.
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DespondentPart of Speech: Adjective
Definition: feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
The woman was despondent over the death of her husband.
Sources: www.webster.com,www.vision.org Sydney Wininger
Pronounced: [fawr-lawrn] Adjective
Definition:1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. 2. lonely and sad; forsaken. 3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing
Sentence: She looked so forlorn, so empty like the hope had been sucked out of her.
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By: Katie Davis
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Trepidation By Jenna Hays
• Noun: trep-i-dey-shuh n • Tremulous fear, alarm, or
agitation; perturbation.• Sources:
thenervousbreakdown.com www.dictionary.com
• The horse’s open mouth inside the car filled the child with trepidation.
[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-]–adjective
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.
Mr. Spock gave an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astrophysics.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
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Wesley Holloway
• Sour or astringent in taste; harsh or severe, as in temper or expression.
• Astringent: Puckering sensation of the mouth.• /əˈsərbik/• Adjective• The girl remarked how acerbic the War Head
tasted.
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• Adj• Scornfully and
condescendingly proud. • 1. having or showing
arrogance• 2. Archaic noble or exalted
• The haughty ways she displayed her work turned off her peers
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Maeghann Alexander
Mirth• adj- Happiness or enjoyment,
especially accompanied by laughter
• Ex: His intention was to provide a much needed dose of jollity and mirth but his jokes were so bad they simply bored everyone to tears.
–adjective 1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
The teacher gave a didactic lecture on the importance of sanitary conditions in bathrooms.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/didactic
Maggie Vaughn
• [in-dif-er-uh nt]
• Adjective
• Without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic
• Society is indifferent toward littering.
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Josh Butler
Ardor- Applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something.-The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love - to a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a positive affinity or love, towards a subject, idea, person, or object.
- The man who headed up the organization was full of ardor to speak at the benefit.
Source: The burning piano from the Keith Emerson CD shoot in Borrego Springs March 2008.