| A | B |
|---|
| ascetic (adj.) | shunning pleasures; self-denying |
| ascetic (n) | person who shuns pleasures and lives simply |
| chagrin (n) | embarrassment; mortification; disappointment |
| chagrined (adj) | ashamed; mortified |
| compunction (n) | regret; remorse; misgiving;qualm |
| contrite (adj) | showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent |
| contrition (n) | repentance |
| dejected (adj) | sad; in low spirits |
| dejection (n) | lowness of spirits; sadness; depression |
| disconsolate (adj) | cheerless; inconsolable |
| disgruntled (adj) | in bad humor; displeased |
| doleful (adj) | causing grief or sadness; mournful |
| glum (adj) | moody; gloomy; dour |
| lament (v) | mourn; deplore |
| lamentable (adj) | pitiable; rueful |
| maudlin (adj) | weakly sentimental and tearful |
| nostalgia (n) | 1.homesickness 2. yearning for the past |
| nostalgic (adj) | homesick |
| pathetic (adj) | arousing pity |
| pathos (n) | quality in events or in art that arouses pity |
| pensive (adj) | thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy |
| plight (n) | unfortunate state; predicament |
| poignant (adj) | painfully touching |
| sullen (adj) | resentfully silent; glum; morose |
| throes (n. pl.) | anguish; pangs |
| tribulation (n) | suffering; distress |
| burly (adj) | strongly and heavily built; husky |
| buxom (adj) | plump and attractive |
| cherubic (adj) | chubby and innocent-looking like a young angel |
| obese (adj) | extremely overweight; corpulent |
| obesity (n) | excessive body weight; corpulence |
| pudgy (adj) | short and plump; chubby |
| attenuate (v) | make thin; weaken |
| emaciated (adj) | abnormally lean because of starvation or illness |
| haggard (adj) | careworn; gaunt |
| lank (adj) | lean; ungracefully tall; lanky |
| svelte (adj) | slender; lithe |
| adulation (n) | excessive praise; flattery |
| blandishment (n) | word or deed of mild flattery |
| cajole (v) | persuade by pleasant words |
| cajolery (n) | persuasion by flattery |
| curry(v) favor(n) | seek to gain favor by flattery |
| fulsome (adj) | offensive because of insincerity |
| ingratiate (v) | work (oneself) into favor |
| lackey (n) | follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant |
| obsequious (adj) | showing excessive willingness to serve |
| sycophant (n) | parasitic flatterer |
| truckle (v) | to make a doormat of oneself |
