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Vocab 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |