Melancholic - adjective; disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy Grateful - adjective; warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful source: dictionary.com Euy and I learned two big words at school earlier this day that we thought were worth discussing together. SCENARIO. Euy took a short quiz on vocabulary and got a score of 9 points out of 10 and was complaining about one word she had a hard time figuring out. She was given four word choices and was supposed to pick out the best word that would complete the sentence. This quiz was about knowing the meaning of words through context clues, no dictionaries allowed. She was a bit exasperated that although she found the quiz easy, this one word got in the way of her getting a perfect score. So we discussed THE word "melancholic." Her quiz says, "The girl was still___________ after recovering from her previous illness." "But Mom...