Monday, September 22, 2008

Vocab Lesson 5

Vocab words for Test on 9/25 or 9/26:
-sympathetic- (adjective) - feeling sorry for someone, having compassion, having sympathy
-dejected-(adjective) - depressed, sad, disheartened
-inconvenient-(adjective) - inopportune, untimely
-empathy (noun) - it's going one step further than having sympathy for someone. When you have empathy for someone, you really understand their feelings and emotions. You really identify with them and what they're going through. It is understanding and entering into another person's feelings. 
-anguish
-stealth-(noun) the act of moving, proceeding, or acting in a covert or secret way. For example: As he tried to sneak back into the house unnoticed, he was being very stealth. 
-languid (adjective) lacking in vigor and vitality, slow, lazy, indifferent
-pervade-(verb) - to spread or be present throughout. For example, if someone had really bad body odor, their smell would probably pervade the whole room. Another example: During Christmas, the feeling of love pervades the air. 
-ecstatic
-haphazard (adjective) disorganized, random, lack of planning, irregular

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