Sycophant By: Faith Harp

1. SycophantBy: Faith Harp • Adjective • Pronounced [sik-uh-fuhnt] • Definition: “A servile, self-seeking flatterer.” -Servile- meanly submissive • “When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends.” • Synonyms: Suck-up, brownnoser, follower • Source: www.merriam-webster.com

2. Malice • –noun 1. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy. • 2. Law . evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others. • O.K. , so we don't always see eye to eye but there's never been any real malice in our dealings before. • Dakota Vinson • Dictionary.com • Google

3. Irascible Justin Crenshaw Pronunciation: \i-’ra-sə-bəl\ Adjective Becoming angry easily Marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger. Crabby; grumpy; grouchy; choleric; irritable The irascible man threw the expensive mug at the wall. “Irascible.” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. web. 9 Mar. 2011.

4. Elation (Noun) Kalyn Goodwin • joyfulness or exaltation of spirit, as from success, pleasure, or relief; high spirits • The cat was elated to see the ribbons to play with. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elation

5. Umbrage um·brage Micaela Perkins –noun 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness. 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like. Sentence: “She took umbrage at his remarks.” “He felt a great sense of umbrage when the nurse started his IV.” Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/umbrage

6. Sanguineous • (san-gwen-ee-us) • definition: of, relating to, or involving bloodshed • synonyms: bloody, homicidal, murderous, bloodthirsty and sanguine. • Sources:merriam-webster.com and google • Ex: The shark was sanguineous when he saw the fish swim in front of his face. Cailtin Ramsey

7. Impetuous • Adj. of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person. • His rush was so impetuous, that he fairly overturned several of his opponents by dashing against them. • Dictionary.com By: Kali Hiser

8. The Dance of Death by Michael Wolgemut Macabre • [muh-kah-bruh, -kahb, -kah-ber] • –adjective • 1. Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. • 2. Of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect. • 3. Of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death. • Sentence: One of America's most revered Broadway musicals, Sweeney Todd, is also a macabre tale of revenge.. • Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/macabre • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holbein-death.png • http://www.wordnik.com/words/macabre/examples?page=3 Katie Spradlin

9. Part of Speech: Noun Pronunciation: [an-uh-mos-i-tee] Definition: A feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action. Example: “Avada Kedavra!” Bellatrix shrieked in animosity, pointing her wand at Sirius. Sources: Dictionary.com, news.bbc.co.uk Kevin Penn Animosity

10. -Idiomatic-[id-ee-uh-mat-ik] Cheyenne Milan –adjective 1. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect. 2. containing or using many idioms. 3. having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts: idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer. • examples: Its raining cats and dogs. • She’s not the sharpest crayon in the box. He used a idiomatic expression as he told her to break a leg as she took center stage. Dictionary.com

11. Lugubrious [loo-goo-bree-uhs]s Adjective -Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner • The girl lugubrious after the boy broke up with her. —Synonyms sorrowful, melancholy www.dictionary.com Katie Harrison

12. Facetious fa·ce·tious    Pronounced[fuh-see-shuhs] –adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person. Leah Caudel I was being very facetious when I told you your mohawk was really hot.

13. Calvin A. Penn • Adjective • DefinitionExtremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous; vile; atrocious. • Example “Mr. Todd and Ms. Lovett’s nefarious plot included the murdering of his customers and her baking them into pies.” • Sources www.dictionary.com Nefarious [ni-fair-ee-uh s]

14. -AdjectiveDefinition: Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge: DULL, FLAT, VAPID Sentence: Her painting was very insipid. Insipid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/insipid By: Ann Kauffman

15. Condescending Adjective Definition: showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others - Synonyms snobbish, patronizing,totalk down to Patronize: displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner. They were very condescending toward you. • Definition: www.dictionary.com and www.merriam-webster.com • Image: http://goinglikesixty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/condescending.jpg By: Sammi Jo Johnson

16. Bombastic bom-bas-tik Adjective: (of speech, writing, etc.) High-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious Sample sentence: The guest speaker dominated conversations with his bombastic tone and overbearing demeanor. Synonyms: Pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose Gavin West Source: Dictionary.reference.com

17. Despondent Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression The woman was despondent over the death of her husband. Sources: www.webster.com,www.vision.org Sydney Wininger

18. www.google.com/images/forlorn Forlorn Pronounced: [fawr-lawrn] Adjective Definition: 1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. 2. lonely and sad; forsaken. 3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing Sentence: She looked so forlorn, so empty like the hope had been sucked out of her. www.dictionary.com By: Katie Davis http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/forlorn

19. Noun: trep-i-dey-shuh n Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation. Sources: thenervousbreakdown.com www.dictionary.com The horse’s open mouth inside the car filled the child with trepidation. Trepidation By Jenna Hays

20. Mr. Spock gave an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astrophysics. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER. [er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-] –adjective characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary. Wesley Holloway http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/erudite

21. Acerbic • Sour or astringent in taste; harsh or severe, as in temper or expression. • Astringent: Puckering sensation of the mouth. • /əˈsərbik/ • Adjective • The girl remarked how acerbic the War Head tasted. Dictionary.com

22. Adj Scornfully and condescendingly proud. 1. having or showing arrogance 2.Archaic noble or exalted The haughty ways she displayed her work turned off her peers freedictionary.com Haughty Maeghann Alexander

23. Mirth • adj- Happiness or enjoyment, especially accompanied by laughter • Ex: His intention was to provide a much needed dose of jollity and mirth but his jokes were so bad they simply bored everyone to tears. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mirth Lauren Milam

24. adjective displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner The professor spoke in a very patronizing way to his students. Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/patronizing http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban250l.jpg Patronizing Perri Collier

25. Farcical By:CassieGlass • Definition: resembling farce; ludicrous; absurd; ridiculous. • Adjective • The playwright's farcical comedy had the audience laughing hysterically. • http://dictionary.reference.com • http://wiki.answers.com

26. Jewelia Lindsey Ecstasy Ecstasy: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion They believed that through the cultivation of mystical ecstasy they could attain direct communion with God. Wikipedia.com

27. Candid[kan-did] Mariah Perkins • - Adjective • Definition- • 1. frank; outspoken; open and sincere • 2. free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward • 3.honest; impartial • She was very candid about her childhood. http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/oprah-winfrey/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/candid

28. Didactic[dahy-dak-tik] –adjective 1. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry. 2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker. 3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. The teacher gave a didactic lecture on the importance of sanitary conditions in bathrooms. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/didactic Maggie Vaughn

29. Indifferent Josh Butler [in-dif-er-uh nt] Adjective Without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic Society is indifferent toward littering. http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://www.opala.org/

30. Ardor • - Applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. • The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love - to a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a positive affinity or love, towards a subject, idea, person, or object. • The man who headed up the organization was full of ardor to speak at the benefit. Source: The burning piano from the Keith Emerson CD shoot in Borrego Springs March 2008. Eric Skipworth

31. Vitriolic Adjective -Abusive nature or expression -Bitterly scathing; caustic; -Vitriolic criticism. “I try not to take it personally, but sometimes his comments can be very vitriolic.” http://www.wordnik.com/words/Vitriolic/defintion/ Abby Rutledge