Chapter 14 Vocab
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ALACRITY
- (N.) a cheerful readiness; brisk eager action
- Syn. Promptness, willingness
- Ant. Reluctance, unwillingness
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ALLEVIATE
- (V.) to relieve, make more bearable
- Syn. Lessen, allay, mitigate, assuage
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APPALL
- (V.) to fill with dismay or horror
- Syn. Shock, stupefy, horrify
- Any. Please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilarate
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BELLICOSE
- (Adj.) warlike in manner or temperament;quarrelsome
- Syn. Aggressive, combative, belligerent
- Ant. amicable, peaceable,pacific
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DISPARAGE
- (V.) to belittle, speak slightly of; to undervalue
- Syn. Degrade, decry, run down, underrate
- Ant. Praise, extol, laud, plug
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DISSONANT
- (Adj.) not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
- Syn. Grating, unmelodious, irreconcilable
- Ant. Harmonious, agreeing, euphonious
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DROLL
- (Adj.) amusingly odd
- Syn. Comical, humorous, whimsical, zany
- Ant. Humorless, solemn, dour
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EDICT
- (N.) an order issued by someone of authority
- Syn. Command, decree, proclamation
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ELUCIDATE
- (V.) to clarify, explain
- Syn. Interpret, expound, explicate
- Ant. Obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
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LAUD
- (V.) to praise
- Syn. Hail, extol, glorify, exalt
- Ant. Criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
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LOLL
- (V.) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop
- Syn. Loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
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LOQUACIOUS
- (Adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking
- Syn. Gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long winded
- Ant. Silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn
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MAGNANIMOUS
- (Adj.) generous, forgiving, above small meanness
- Syn. Unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted
- Ant. petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful
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MANDATORY
- (Adj.) required, obligatory
- Syn. Compulsory, requisite, imperative
- Ant. Optional, voluntary, discretionary
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NONDECRIPT
- (Adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
- Syn. Plain, unremarkable, unimpressive
- Ant. Remarkable, vivid, prepossessing
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PHLEGMATIC
- (Adj.) slow-moving, sluggish;unemotional
- Syn. Lethargic, indolent, torpid, impassive
- Ant. Emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable
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RESCIND
- (V.) to repeal, cancel
- Syn. Withdraw, retract, annul, abrogate
- Ant. Affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify
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VIVACIOUS
- (Adj.) lively, sprightly, full of energy
- Syn. Spirited, animated, ebullient
- Ant. Dull, spiritless, listless, indolent
