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Vocab Unit 14

Sophomores

worddefinitionsynonymsantonyms
alacrity (n) cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity reluctance, hesitancy, unwillingness
alleviate (v) to make more bearable allay, mitgate, assuage, lighten n/a
antithesis (n) a sharply contrasting opposite contrary, antipode n/a
appall (v) to fill with dismay or horror shock, stun, stupefy, horrify please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilarate
bellicose (adj) warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome aggressive, combative, belligerent amicable, peaceable, conciliatory, pacific
disparage (v) to belittle, speak slightingly of, undervalue degrade, decry, underrate praise, extol, laud, plug
dissonant (v) not in harmony, disagreeing, at odds strident, grating, irreconcilable harmonious, agreeing, euphonious
edict (n) an order issued by someone in authority command, decree, proclamation n/a
droll (adj) amusingly odd comical, whimsical, zany humorless, solemn, dour
elucidate (v) to clarify, explain interpret, expound, explicate obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
laud (v) to praise hail, extol, glorify, exalt criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
loll (v) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to droop loiter, loaf, sag, dangle n/a
loquacious (adj) talkative, wordy gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn
magnanimous (adj) generous in forgiving unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful
mandatory (adj) required, obligatory compulsory, requisite, imperative optional, voluntary, discretionary
nondescript (adj) ordinary, not outstanding plain, unremarkable, unimpressive distinctive, vivid, prepossessing
phlegmatic (adj) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional lethargic, indolent, torpid, stolid, impassive emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable
rescind (v) to repeal, cancel withraw, revoke, retract, annul, abrogate affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify
vivacious (adj) lively, full of energy spirited, animated, ebullient dull, spiritless, listless, indolent, languid
whet (v) to sharpen; to make keen or eager hone, excite, stimulate dull, blunt, deaden, stifle, dampen
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