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SAT Vocab Dum 8
SAT Vocabulary for Dummies - Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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badinage | humorous banter or ridicule |
beatific | serenely happy, blissful |
bemoan | weep, lament, express sorrow for |
carp | find fault with take exception to |
choleric | hot-tempered, angry, wrathful |
despondent | dejected, losing hope, losing heart |
dirge | a song of mourning, sung at a funeral (can also be the wake itself) |
disconsolate | unhappy, forlorn, unable to be comforted |
disgruntled | discontented, in a bad mood or bad humor |
doleful | sorrowful, mournful, discontent |
droll | amusing, especially in an odd or surprising way |
felicitous | very happy |
funereal | gloomy, dismal, appropriate for a funeral |
incensed | angry, enraged, exasperated |
jocular | speaking or acting in jest or merriment, jokingly |
lachrymose | tearful, sad mournful |
lamentation | bewailing, mourning, regret |
lugubrious | mournful, doleful, dismal |
peevish | irritable, fretful, spiteful |
peckish | irritable, touchy, often from hunger |
querulous | full of complaints |
risible | laughable, humorous |
sanguine | cheerful, optimistic |
surly | bad-tempered, unfriendly |