English I Vocab Week 2 Empowered v to

English I Vocab Week 2

Empowered • (v. ) to give power or authority to • Synonyms: warrant, license, qualify • Example: “Wealth empowered him to live a comfortable life”

Relieved • (v. ) to ease or alleviate • Synonyms: lighten, lessen, diminish • Example: “I was relieved after hearing I wasn’t going to fail English’

Harmonious • (adj. ) marked by agreement • Synonyms: consistent, amicable, congruent • Example: “After finding out that we all had the same opinion, we got along harmoniously”

Desolate • (adj. ) having the feeling of being abandoned of hope • Synonyms: desert, lonesome, miserable • Example: “The most desolate message is that nothing ever changes”

Melancholic • (adj. ) to be affected with gloominess • Synonyms: depressed, gloomy, moody • Example: “After hearing his Grandma died, Charles was melancholic”

Sentimental • (adj. ) expressive by showing feelings of love, pity, or nostalgia • Synonyms: tender, nostalgic, hokey • Example: “We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons”

Apathetic • (adj. ) having little or no emotion • Synonyms: unfeeling, impassive, unconcerned • Example: “Early on in the game, it was obvious the crowd was unimpressed, almost apathetic”

Optimistic • (adj. ) taking a favorable view of events • Synonyms: bright, idealistic, hopeful • Example: “Even though everything could possibly go wrong, I still believe it will turn out OK”

Enthralled • (v. ) to captivate or charm • Synonyms: enchant, enrapture, spellbind • Example: “She is less than enthralled with my new wife”

Morose • (adj. ) sullenly ill-humored • Synonyms: moody, sour, surly • Example: “I’ve been so morose today, thinking of everything that I’ve failed”

Enlightened • (v. ) to give intellectual or spiritual knowledge to • Synonyms: illumine, teach, inform • Example: “We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues”

Nostalgic • (adj. ) a sentimental yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation • Synonyms: longing, homesick, yearning • Example: “Sometimes I get really nostalgic about my childhood”

Vivacious • (adj. ) having or displaying tenacity of life • Synonyms: lively, animated, spirited • Example: “For an 80 year old, my Grandpa is extremely vivacious”

Apprehensive • (adj. ) uneasy or fearful about something that might happen • Synonyms: fearful, anxious, doubt • Example: “I’m a bit apprehensive about starting college”

Dreary • (adj. ) causing sadness or gloom • Synonyms: dismal, cheerless, tiresome • Example: “The man was trying his best to brighten our dreary day”

Pessimistic • (adj. ) the tendency to expect the worst in things • Synonyms: despairing, hopeless, cynical • Example: “With each day that passes, I’m more pessimistic about having a flying car”

Vengeful • (adj. ) characterized by showing a vindictive spirit • Synonyms: revengeful, spiteful, vindictive • Example: “She has a vengeful attitude toward the robbers”

Sympathetic • (adj. ) feeling compassionate • Synonyms: kind, tender, affectionate • Example: “A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself”

Confining • (v. ) to enclose within bounds • Synonyms: limit, restrict, imprison • Example: “For that offense he was confined to jail for 30 days”

Fatalistic • (n. ) the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable • Synonyms: foreboding, bleak, pessimistic • Example: “Her fatalism helped her to face death with a stoic calmness”