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Joy / Pleasure Words – Part 1

Keystone English

10 Vocabular

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Bliss (noun)Definition: Perfect happiness

Context Sentence: My idea of bliss is a week at the beach with my husband and children.

+Blissful (adjective)Definition: Very happy

Context Sentence: The soldier’s reunion with his family was a blissful occasion.

+Blithe (#1) (adjective)Definition: Merry; joyous

Context Sentence: Hank’s blithe personality was just one of the reasons that people loved to be around him.

+Blithe (#2) (adjective)Definition: heedless; oblivious

Context Sentence: Stuart drove right through the intersection in blithe disregard of the Stop sign.

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Buoy (verb)Definition: to raise the spirits of; to encourage

Context Sentence: The teacher’s words of encouragement helped to buoy her students prior to the final exam.

+Buoyant (#1) (adjective)Definition: cheerful

Context Sentence: The radiant smile on Jan’s face told me that she was in a buoyant mood!

+Buoyant (#2) (adjective)Definition: able to float

Context Sentence: Even though we though it would be buoyant, the raft we made is clearly sinking.

+Complacency (noun)Definition: smugness; self-satisfaction

Context Sentence: Thinking that she was the best player on the team had caused a sense of complacency within Greta, and so she stopped working hard to improve her skills at practice.

+Complacent (adjective)Definition: Too pleased with oneself – often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; smug

Context Sentence: Even though they had won the championship the previous year, the returning members of the soccer team did not become complacent or assume they were going to win it all again.

+Convivial (adjective)Definition: fond of eating and drinking with friends; socialable

Context Sentence: My family is quite convivial; we love getting to together for cook-outs and picnics.

+Conviviality (noun)Definition: Sociability

Context Sentence: I enjoy the holidays mostly because of the conviviality of our family gatherings.

+Delectable(adjective)Definition: very pleasing; delightful

Context Sentence: Although I am no Paula Deen, I do make delectable cupcakes!

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Joy, Pleasure Happiness Words – Part 2Vocab List #5

+Ecstasy(Noun)Definition: state of overwhelming joy; rapture

Context Sentence: Abby threw her arms up in ecstasy after scoring the game winning goal.

+Ecstatic(adjective)Definition: in ecstasy; enraptured

Context Sentence: The the players of the victorious team were ecstatic after the big win.

+Elated(adjective)Definition: in high spirits; joyful

Context Sentence: When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, the party goers were elated.

+Elation(Noun)Definition: the state of being elated; euphoria

Context Sentence: We watched in elation as the amazing fireworks lit up the sky on Independence Day.

+Frolic(verb)Definition: To play and run about happily; have fun; romp

Context Sentence: The children frolicked in the park on the beautiful spring day.

+Frolicsome(adjective)Definition: playful; full of merriment

Context Sentence: The frolicsome puppies wrestled and played in the backyard.

+Gala(adjective)Definition: characterized by festivity

Context Sentence: Suzy’s sweet sixteen birthday party is guaranteed to be a gala occasion!

+Jocund(adjective)Definition: merry; cheerful; lighthearted

Context Sentence: The comedian’s jokes made us laugh hysterically and put us all in a jocund mood.

+Jubilant(adjective)Definition: showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant

Context Sentence: The soccer team’s fan were jubilant after the big win over their arch rivals.

+Jubilation(noun)Definition: rejoicing; exultation

Context Sentence: The graduates threw their caps up into the air in jubilation at the end of the commencement ceremony.

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