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VocabularyUnit14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alacrity | a cheerful readiness, brisk and eager action |
| Alleviate | to relieve, make more bearable |
| Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast |
| Appall | to fill with dismay or horror |
| Bellicose | warlike in manner or temperament, quarrelsome |
| Disparage | to belittle, speak slightly of, undervalue |
| Dissonant | not in harmony, disagreeing, at odds |
| Droll | amusingly odd |
| Edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
| Elucidate | to clarify, explain |
| Laud | to praise |
| Loll | to act in a lazy manner, to lounge, to recline, droop |
| Loquacious | talkative, wordy, fond of talking |
| Magnanimous | generous in forgiving, above smal meanness |
| Mandatory | required, obligatory |
| Nondescript | ordinary, not outstanding, not easily classified |
| Phlegmatic | slow moving, sluggish, unemotional |
| Rescind | to repeal, cancel |
| Vivacious | lively, sprightly, full of energy |
| Whet | to sharpen, put an edge on, to make keen or eager |