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Feeling Flashcards

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heart-rending

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(adj.) pitiful

Eg: heart-rending

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sinister

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(adj. ) frightening, threatening

eg: No matter how sinister the developments in Russia

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erroneous

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fallacious

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incredulity

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(n. ) disbelief, dubiety

eg: The claim invites incredulity

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subterfuge

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(n. ) deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal

eg: If that is so, subterfuge is taken to new heights

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disconsolate

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(adj.) dispirited, unhappy, discouraged

Eg: She left Abby looking disconsolate

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lassistude

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(n. ) exhaustion, lethargy, weariness

eg: The lassitude displayed by these children is worrying.

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irate

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(adj.) extremely angry, furious, enraged

Eg: Do you feel irate when you see food being wasted?

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lamentable

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(adj.) very unsatisfactory or disappointing

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melancholy

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(adj. ) sad, depressed

eg: casting a melancholy mood over space research at the time

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malaise

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(n.) feeling of unease, depression, melancholy

Eg: She is offering her help to people with malaise

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nonplussed

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(adj.) confused, bewildered, baffled, so surprised by something that you do not know what to do

Eg: Many people all over the world are nonplussed that such experiments are being allowed due to ethical reasons.

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morose

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(adj.) very unhappy, bad-tempered

Eg: More people will then feel less morose.

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nostalgic

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(adj.) sentimental, wistful

Eg: Improvements in technology are taking place at a rapid rate making some people feel nostalgic about the simple past

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macabre

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(adj.) ghastly, morbid, grisly, gruesome

Eg: DNA fingerprinting has been used to solve many crimes, some of which are particularly macabre.

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neurotic

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(adj.) fearful, unreasonably anxious or afraid

Eg: The recent assassination of his half-bro Kim Jong Nam is believed to have been engineered by North Korea and shows how neurotic the North Korean leader is.

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ominous

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(adj.) threatening, menacing

Eg: The investigation is ominous

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overwrought

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(adj.) very upset, nervous, worried

Eg: causing families of the victims to be overwrought

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daunting

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(adj.) frightening in a way that makes you feel less confident, intimidating

Eg: Despite global challenges and economic uncertainty, Ms Lagarde is dauntless

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disconcerting

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(adj. ) disturbing, bewildering, perplexing, alarming

eg: It is disconcerting that each day, 36 ppl in SG are told that they have cancer.

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disconsolate

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(adj. ) feeling extremely sad or hopeless

eg: In the past, human was short-lived due to a lack of medication leaving many disconsolate.

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ebullient

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(adj. ) happy and excited, cheerful, lively

eg: children who are formerly ebullient become withdrawn and retreat into their own worlds

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ecstatic

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(adj. ) feeling very happy and excited, overjoyful

eg: While victims are ecstatic when pretty women approach them on social media

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effusive

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(adj. ) showing strong excited feelings, over enthu

eg: An effusive welcome

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elated

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(adj. ) extremely happy and excited, overjoyed, thrilled. delighted
eg: Players are elated when they win a game.

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falter

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(v. ) hesitate, waver

eg: The less privileged should be helped so that they do not falter.

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ferocious

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(adj. ) violent, dangerous, frightening, cruel

eg: The ferocious dog attached the policemen.

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fervour

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(adj. ) enthusiasm, eagerness

eg: The fervour of the crowd on National Day is heart-warming.

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pandemonium

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(n. ) chaos, mayhem, frightened or confused

eg: In Dec 2016, the battle of Aleppo which caused great pandemonium

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penitent

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(adj. ) remorseful. repentant, contrite

eg: a penitent expression

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addictive

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compulsive, habitual

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feel better

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improves our mood/ lifts our spirit/ cheers us up

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flurried

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(adj. ) confused; nervous; excited

eg: The mother with the four little children looked extremely flurried as she did her shopping.

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flustered

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(adj. ) confused and nervous

eg: Seeing that she looked flustered, a kind lady helped to carry her groceries.

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sombre

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(adj.) sad and serious; solemn; grave

Eg: prematurely announced the sombre news that…

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seething

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(adj.) extremely angry; furious; irate; livid

Eg: Hate speech or defamatory fake news leaves readers who believe them seething with anger

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foreboding

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(n.) a feeling that sth very unpleasant is going to happen, apprehension

Eg: there is a sense of foreboding with children warned to stay indoors late at night

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forlorn

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(adj.) seeming lonely and unhappy; dejected

Eg: to ease Eco hardship for other believers so that nobody is forlorn

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fretful

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(adj.) nervous, anxious, worried, esp about small things

Eg: she becomes fretful every time there is a major examination

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furore

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(n.) a sudden expression of anger or excitement

Eg: his father’s furore shocked the entire family

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sublime

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(adj.) inspiring, uplifting

Eg: she received a standing ovation for her sublime performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music

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outrage

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(v.) infuriate

Eg: the remarks outraged the president

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ebb

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(v.) emotion gradually decrease

Eg: my enthusiasm was ebbing away

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equanimity

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(n.) calmness; composure

Eg: maintaining his equanimity

45
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euphoric

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(adj.) feeling very happy and excited

Eg: they were filled with euphoria when they learnt that they had clinched the award

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exuberant

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(adj.) enthusiastic; excited

Eg: the kindergarten students are always exuberant

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callous

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(adj. ) cold-blooded

eg: His callous comments about the murder makes me shivers.

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careworn

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(adj. ) tired and unhappy because of prolong worry

eg: a careworn expression

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caricature

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(n. ) 諷刺畫

(v. )　mock

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elixir

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(n.) mixture

Eg: elixir of hope and change

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catharsis

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(n. ) the purifying of the emotions by arts

eg: Music is a means of catharsis for them

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caustic

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(adj. ) sarcastic

eg: the players were making the caustic comments about the referring

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marvelous

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(adj. ) splendid; amazing

eg: the marvelous technological toys are worth playing with.

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acclaim

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(v. ) 歡呼

eg: the conference was acclaimed as a considrable success

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impassive

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(adj. ) not feeling or showing emotion; ecpressionless

eg: his cold and impassive face

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imperturtable

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(adj. ) unable to updet or excited; composed; placid; composed
eg: an imperturbable tranquility

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