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dispirited

dispirited. (adj) Low in spirit or enthusiasm, downhearted or depressed, discouraged. After the boy’s dog died, he became quite dispirited and depressed.

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dispirited

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  1. dispirited (adj) Low in spirit or enthusiasm, downhearted or depressed, discouraged After the boy’s dog died, he became quite dispirited and depressed. It dispirits me to think with what high hopes I went to the fair and how I have come home bound to marry a stranger with a scraggy beard and meat caught between his teeth. She was dispirited when she found out her parents were getting a divorce.

  2. dolt I am surrounded by unfeeling doltsand idiots. Everyone called the boy stupid because he really was a dolt. Because of his slow responses the class thought he was a dolt. (n) A slow witted person

  3. harrowing (adj) Extremely depressing After my harrowing days locked away, I rejoice to be free. His first time on a plane was a harrowing experience, because he threw up. It was a harrowing time when my grandfather died.

  4. pagan (n) An offensive term that deliberately insults somebody who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible, Torah, or Koran Female only get to be saints by being someone’s mother, or refusing to marry some powerful pagan. Pagans were persecuted because they would not conform to the state religion. Everyone thought Peter was a pagan because he never attended church.

  5. plaited (adj) braided Meg’s yellow hair was usually tightly plaited and pinned up so as not to hang in the milk or become tangled in the butter churn. When she was at the wedding, her hair was plaited beautifully down her back. To look more showy, she plaited her hair tightly.

  6. reaper (n) Someone who gathers harvest Before the invention of mechanical reapers, harvesting was done by hand. A reaper does their work by various means, including plucking the ears of grains directly by hand. Many foreigners work laborious jobs, and some become reapers of crops.

  7. rue (v) To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for I will get back at you, and you will rue the day you teased me until I cried! He worked many hours, and knew he would rue the day he became involved in politics. Because my brother is so mean to me, I rue the day he was born.

  8. sacrificial The sacrificial altar was flanked by beautiful statues. The sacrificial lamb was slaughtered, as the townspeople believe that then the gods would bring rain. Every student wanted to play the sacrificial offering for the play about the Mayans. (adj) Relating to, used in, or offered as a sacrifice.

  9. sheaf (n) A bundle of grain tied together The villagers brought in their last sheaf with their usual merriment and the whole village joined us for a harvest supper in the hall. The farmer needed a bundle of sheaf to complete the bread. Some farmers get creative, and bundle their grain into sheaves to create artistic “statues.”

  10. warble (v) To sing softly with wavering tones In spring, when the birds warble, I wake with a smile on my face. Her voice warbled as she yodeled. The class laughed when the teenage boy warbled involuntarily.

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