5th box -Flashcards

(n.) sharpness or bitterness in language or manner; The acrimony of her response was shocking.

(adj.) happy, cheerful, genial, gay; The puppy kept a smile on the jocund boy's face. The jocund atmosphere was due to the team's victory in the playoffs.

(v.) to soak or stain; permeate; The wound will imbue the shirt in blood. The new day imbued him with a sense of optimism.

(n.) secret cooperation in wrongdoing; With the guard's connivance, the convict was able to make his escape.