SycophantBy: Faith Harp

• Adjective• Pronounced [sik-uh-fuhnt] • Definition: “A servile, self-seeking flatterer.”

-Servile- meanly submissive• “When her career was riding high, the self-deluded

actress often mistook sycophants for true friends.”• Synonyms: Suck-up, brownnoser, follower• Source: www.merriam-webster.com

Malice

• –noun 1. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.

• 2. Law . evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.

• O.K. , so we don't always see eye to eye but there's never been any real malice in our dealings before.

• Dakota Vinson

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Adjective

Becoming angry easilyMarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger.Crabby; grumpy; grouchy; choleric; irritable

Justin Crenshaw

\i-’ra-sə-bəl\Pronunciation :

“Irascible.” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. web. 9 Mar. 2011.

The irascible man threw the expensive mug at the wall.

Elation (Noun) Kalyn Goodwin

joyfulness or exaltation of spirit, as from success, pleasure, or relief; high spirits

The cat was elated to see the ribbons to play with.

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–noun 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness. 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like.

“She took umbrage at his remarks.”

“He felt a great sense of umbrage when the nurse started his IV.”

Micaela Perkinsum·brage

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/umbrage

Sanguineous

• (san-gwen-ee-us)• definition: of, relating to, or involving bloodshed• synonyms: bloody, homicidal, murderous,

bloodthirsty and sanguine.• Sources:merriam-webster.com and google• Ex: The shark was sanguineous when he saw

the fish swim in front of his face.

Cailtin Ramsey

Impetuous• Adj. of, pertaining to, or characterized by

sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.

• His rush was so impetuous, that he fairly overturned several of his opponents by dashing against them.

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Macabre• [muh-kah-bruh, -kahb, -kah-ber]

• –adjective

• 1. Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.

• 2. Of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.

• 3. Of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.

• Sentence: One of America's most revered Broadway musicals, Sweeney

Todd, is also a macabre tale of revenge.. • Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/macabre

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holbein-death.png• http://www.wordnik.com/words/macabre/examples?page=3

The Dance of Death by Michael Wolgemut

Katie Spradlin

Animosity• Part of Speech: Noun

• Pronunciation: [an-uh-mos-i-tee]

• Definition: A feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action.

• Example: “Avada Kedavra!” Bellatrix shrieked in animosity, pointing her wand at Sirius.

• Sources: Dictionary.com, news.bbc.co.uk

Kevin Penn

-Idiomatic-[id-ee-uh-mat-ik]

• –adjective • 1. peculiar to or

characteristic of a particular language or dialect.

• 2. containing or using many idioms.

• 3. having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts: idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.

• examples: Its raining cats and dogs.

• She’s not the sharpest crayon in the box.

He used a idiomatic expression as he told her to break a leg as she took center stage.

Cheyenne Milan

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Lugubrious

Adjective-Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

[loo-goo-bree-uhs] s

The girl lugubrious after the boy broke up with her.

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Katie Harrison

—Synonyms sorrowful, melancholy

Facetiousfa·ce·tious

   Pronounced[fuh-see-shuhs]–adjective

1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a

facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

Leah Caudel

I was being very facetious when I told you your mohawk was really hot.

Nefarious[ni-fair-ee-uh s]

•Adjective

•Definition Extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous; vile; atrocious.

•Example “Mr. Todd and Ms. Lovett’s nefarious plot included the murdering of his customers and her baking them into pies.”

•Sources www.dictionary.com

Calvin A. Penn

-AdjectiveDefinition: Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge: DULL, FLAT, VAPID Sentence: Her painting

was very insipid.

By: Ann Kauffman

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/insipid

CondescendingAdjective

Definition: showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others

- Synonyms snobbish, patronizing, to talk down to

Patronize: displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner.

They were very condescending toward you.

• Definition: www.dictionary.com and www.merriam-webster.com• Image: http://goinglikesixty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/condescending.jpg

By: Sammi Jo Johnson

Adjective:(of speech, writing, etc.) High-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

Gavin West

Synonyms:Pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose

Bombastic

Sample sentence:The guest speaker dominated conversations with his bombastic tone and overbearing demeanor.

Source: Dictionary.reference.com

bom-bas-tik

DespondentPart of Speech: Adjective

Definition: feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression

The woman was despondent over the death of her husband.

Sources: www.webster.com,www.vision.org Sydney Wininger

Pronounced: [fawr-lawrn] Adjective

Definition:1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. 2. lonely and sad; forsaken. 3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing

Sentence: She looked so forlorn, so empty like the hope had been sucked out of her.

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By: Katie Davis

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Trepidation By Jenna Hays

• Noun: trep-i-dey-shuh n • Tremulous fear, alarm, or

agitation; perturbation.• Sources:

thenervousbreakdown.com www.dictionary.com

• The horse’s open mouth inside the car filled the child with trepidation.

[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-]–adjective

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

Mr. Spock gave an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astrophysics.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.

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Wesley Holloway

• Sour or astringent in taste; harsh or severe, as in temper or expression.

• Astringent: Puckering sensation of the mouth.• /əˈsərbik/• Adjective• The girl remarked how acerbic the War Head

tasted.

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• Adj• Scornfully and

condescendingly proud. • 1. having or showing

arrogance• 2. Archaic noble or exalted

• The haughty ways she displayed her work turned off her peers

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Maeghann Alexander

Mirth• adj- Happiness or enjoyment,

especially accompanied by laughter

• Ex: His intention was to provide a much needed dose of jollity and mirth but his jokes were so bad they simply bored everyone to tears.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mirthLauren Milam

Patronizing

• adjective • displaying or

indicative of an offensively condescending manner

• The professor spoke in a very patronizing way to his students.

Sources:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/patronizing

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Perri Collier

• Definition: resembling farce; ludicrous; absurd; ridiculous.

• Adjective• The playwright's farcical comedy had the

audience laughing hysterically.• http://dictionary.reference.com• http://wiki.answers.com

By:CassieGlass

Ecstasy

Ecstasy: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

Jewelia Lindsey

They believed that through the cultivation of mystical ecstasy they could attain direct communion with God.

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Candid[kan-did]

• - Adjective• Definition-• 1. frank; outspoken; open

and sincere• 2. free from reservation,

disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward

• 3.honest; impartial• She was very candid

about her childhood.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/candid

Mariah Perkins

Didactic[dahy-dak-tik]

–adjective 1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.

2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.

3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.

The teacher gave a didactic lecture on the importance of sanitary conditions in bathrooms.

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Maggie Vaughn

• [in-dif-er-uh nt]

• Adjective

• Without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic

• Society is indifferent toward littering.

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Josh Butler

Ardor- Applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something.-The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love - to a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a positive affinity or love, towards a subject, idea, person, or object.

- The man who headed up the organization was full of ardor to speak at the benefit.

Source: The burning piano from the Keith Emerson CD shoot in Borrego Springs March 2008.

Eric Skipworth

Vitriolic Adjective

-Abusive nature or expression

-Bitterly scathing; caustic; -Vitriolic criticism.

“I try not to take it personally, but sometimes his comments can be very vitriolic.”

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Abby Rutledge