Vocab 2: Emotions Flashcards
(47 cards)
Aura
The air, feeling, distinctive atmosphere or quality (surrounded or generated by a person, thing, or place)
Bombastic
Pompous, high sounding but with little meanings; inflated
Buoyant
Cheerful, floating
Callous
Insensitive, cruel
Cantankerous
Irritable, bad tempered, argumentative, uncooperative
Capricious
Sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior
Caustic
Sarcastic in a bitter way
Convivial
Sociable, lively, enjoyable
Demonstrative
Showing feelings (affection) openly
Despondent
Depressed, sad, in low spirit from loss of hope and courage
Diffident
Shy because of a lack of self confidence
Discomfit
Make someone uncomfortable or embarrassed
Disillusioned
Disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed
Dispassionate
Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial
Elated
Ecstatically happy
Evoke
To call up, bring out
Felicitous
Well chosen or suited; pleasant and fortunate
Forlorn
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Fortitude
Courage in pain or adversity
Furor
An outbreak of public anger or excitement
Histrionic
Idyllic
Impetuous
Irate
