Sycophant
By: 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
• Dictionary.com
• Google
Justin Crenshaw
Pronunciation :
\i-’ra-sə-bəl\
Adjective
 Becoming angry easily
Marked by hot temper and easily
provoked anger.
Crabby; grumpy; grouchy; choleric;
irritable
The irascible man threw the expensive mug
at the wall.
“Irascible.” Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary. 2008. web. 9 Mar. 2011.
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.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elation
um·brage
Micaela Perkins
–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.”
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.
• Dictionary.com
By: Kali Hiser
Macabre
•
•
•
•
•
•
The Dance
of Death by
Michael
Wolgemut
[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
Katie Spradlin
• Part of Speech: Noun
Animosity
• Pronunciation: [an-uh-mos-itee]
• 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.
Dictionary.com
Cheyenne Milan
• 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.
Lugubrious
[loo-goo-bree-uhs]
s
Adjective
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated,
or unrelieved manner
The girl lugubrious after
the boy broke up with her.
—Synonyms
sorrowful, melancholy
www.dictionary.com
Katie Harrison
Leah Caudel
Facetious
fa·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.
I was being very facetious when I
told you your mohawk was really
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
-Adjective
Definition: Lacking in
qualities that interest,
stimulate, or challenge:
DULL, FLAT, VAPID
Sentence: Her painting
was very insipid.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/insipid
By: Ann Kauffman
Condescending
Adjective
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
Bombastic
bom-bas-tik
Adjective:
(of speech, writing, etc.) Highsounding; high-flown; inflated;
pretentious
Sample sentence:
The guest speaker dominated
conversations with his
bombastic tone and overbearing
demeanor.
Synonyms:
Pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid,
grandiose
Source: Dictionary.reference.com
Gavin West
Despondent
Part 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
www.google.com/images/forlorn
Pronounced: [fawr-lawrn]
Adjective
Definition: www.dictionary.com
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.
http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/forlorn
By: Katie
Davis
Trepidation
• Noun: trep-i-dey-shuh n
• Tremulous fear, alarm, or
agitation; perturbation.
• Sources:
thenervousbreakdown.co
m www.dictionary.com
• The horse’s open mouth
inside the car filled the
child with trepidation.
By Jenna Hays
[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.
Wesley Holloway
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/erudite
• 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.
Dictionary.com
• 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
freedictionary.com
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/mirth
Lauren 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
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscart
oons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban
250l.jpg
Perri Collier
By:CassieGlass
• 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
Ecstasy
Jewelia Lindsey
Ecstasy: a state of being
carried away by
overwhelming
emotion
They believed that through the cultivation of
mystical ecstasy they could attain direct
communion with God.
Wikipedia.com
Candid
[kan-did]
Mariah
Perkins
• - 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.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/oprah-winfrey/
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/candid
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.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/didactic
Maggie Vaughn
Josh Butler
• [in-dif-er-uh nt]
• Adjective
• Without interest or concern; not
caring; apathetic
• Society is indifferent toward
littering.
•
http://dictionary.reference.com/
•
http://www.opala.org/
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.”
http://www.wordnik.com/words/Vitriolic/defintion/
Abby Rutledge