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Vocab 14
Question | Answer |
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alacrity | a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action |
alleviate | relieve |
antithesis | direct opposite |
appal | to fill with dismay or horror |
bellicose | quarrelsome |
disparage | undervalue |
dissonant | disagreeing |
droll | amusingly odd |
edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
elucidate | clarify |
laud | praise |
loll | act in a lazy manner |
loquacious | talkitive |
magnanimous | generous in forgiving |
mandatory | required |
nondescript | ordinary |
phlegmatic | sluggish; unemotional |
rescind | cancel |
vivacious | lively |
whet | excite |