chuffed \chuft\ (adjective) - Pleased; satisfied.

"While not convinced that he had done his absolute best, Mike was chuffed that he had won the blue ribbon in spite of all the obstacles in front of him."

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laconic \luh-KON-ik\ (adjective) - Sparing with words, concise, terse.

"Lana's laconic way of speaking was completely at odds with her wordy, rambling prose style."

From Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon,...Read More

recrudescent \ree-kroo-DES-uhnt\ (adjective) - Breaking out again after temporary abatement or suppression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.

"Jenna's recrudescent acne had a tendency to make its appearance at the most ...Read More

fain \fayn\ (adverb) - 1 : Willingly; gladly. 2 : Rather. (adjective) - 1 : Pleased. 2 : Obliged. 3 : Eager.

"As the delay continued Mordecai was both busy and happy at the Mill, for he liked and loved this damsel well, ...Read More

libertine \LI-behr-teen\ (noun) - 1 : A free-thinker (originally used to refer to an emancipated slave or freedman). 2 : A person who lives without constraints, including moral ones.

"In her third affair in as many ...Read More

corybantic \kor-i-BAN-tik\ (adjective) - Wild; frenzied; uncontrolled.

"Harold felt that the radio show was worse than merely 'bad,' thinking that it penetrated the mind, filling it with a babble of distractions, blasts ...Read More