Vocab Wk 4 Q2 Edmodo

Somber Guessed Definition

Dictionary Definition of a dismal or depressing character

Synonym bleak, dire, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, drab, dreary, dusky, gloomy, grave, grim, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, murky, sober, solemn, sourpuss, staid, weighty Context Clue:

Antonym cheerful, happy, joyful

Emotional Association

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After George broke up with Tanya, they both sat somberly, starring straight ahead, arms and back stiff as boards, and glum expressions on their faces.

That feeling you get after something really serious happens…like when you get yelled at.

Ghastly Guessed Definition

Dictionary Definition terrifyingly horrible to the senses

Synonym horrifying, dreadful, abhorrent, appalling, cadaverous, disgusting, frightening, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, haggard, hideous, horrendous, horrid, livid, loathsome, lurid, macabre, mortuary, nauseating, offensive, pallid, repellent, repulsive, sepulchral, shocking, sickening, spectral, supernatural, terrible, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural, unpleasant, wraithlike

Antonym

delightful, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful

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“Her behavior was ghastly! She refused to apologize and then with the utmost maliciousness purposefully broke my favorite vase!”

Emotional Association

Double dipping. ☺

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Emotional Association

Careen Guessed Definition

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Emotional Association