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Unit 14 Mr. N
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action responded with | alacrity |
| to relieve, make more bearable | alleviate |
| the direct opposite; a sharp contrast | appall |
| warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsom | bellicose |
| to belittle, speak slightngly of; to undervalue | disparage |
| not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds | dissonant |
| amusingly odd | droll |
| an order issued by someone in authority | edict |
| to clarify | elucidate |
| to praise | laud |
| to act in a lazy manner, lounge; to reclin, drop | loll |
| talkative, wordy; fond of talking | loquacious |
| generous in forgiving, above small meanesses | magnanimous |
| required | mandatory |
| ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified | nondescript |
| slow-moving, sluggish | phlegmatic |
| to repeal, cancel | rescind |
| lively, sprightly, full of energy | vivacious |
| to sharpen, make keen or eager | whet |