Wednesday, September 2, 2009

word Group 8

resigned unresisting; patiently submissive

supple flexible; pliant

artless without guile; open and honest

artlessness n. The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity the quality of innocent naiveté [syn: innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness] 2: ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit [ant: artfulness]

cherubic angelic; innocent-looking

guileless without deceit

ingénue (Onjenoo) an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts

ingenuous frank ; open ; innocent ; natural; naive; young; unsophisticated

naiveté quality of being unsophisticated

unfeigned genuine; real

disconsolate unhappy at the loss of something ; withouut comfort or hope ; sad ; gloomy

dolorous sorrowful

elegiac like an elegy; mournful

funereal sad; solemn

grievous creating affliction

lachrymose producing tears

lugubrious mournful

maudlin effusively sentimental

mawkish sickening; insipid

plangent plaintive; resounding sadly

rheumy pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes

rueful regretful; sorrowful; dejected

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