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SAT Vocab Practice -- Joy and Sorrow (word list & definitions
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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 (a dirge 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 |
| woebegone | overwhelmed with grief, distress and sorrow |
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Integrated Lit. Instructor |
Crater High School |
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