S2 Vocabulary List #12

A quality central to Danish culture that is about taking time away from the daily rush of life to relax and enjoy life’s quieter pleasures

• hygge

• gourmand

• fortitude

• dither

(especially of a person) unfortunate and usually unhappy

• hapless

• genial

• frenetic

• dour

A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much; a connoisseur of good food and drink

• gourmand

• hygge

• fortitude

• dither

friendly and cheerful

• genial

• hapless

• dour

• frenetic

involving a lot of excited movement and activity; Fast and energetic, usually in a wild and uncontrolled way

• frenetic

• dour

• hapless

• genial

Strength of mind that allows a person to encounter danger or bear pain with courage

• fortitude

• hygge

• gourmand

• dither

To erase or remove completely; to rub off or remove from a piece of writing; to cause something to be forgotten

• expunge

• entail

• dither

• wallow

To involve (something) as necessary or inevitable part or consequence

• entail

• dither

• wallow

• expunge

(usually of a person’s appearance or manner) unfriendly, stern, serious, or gloomy

• dour

• hapless

• genial

• hapless

To be indecisive 

indecisive behavior or a state of agitation

• dither

• expunge

• entail

• wallow