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Unit 14 Vocabulary

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ALACRITY (N)

  • A cheerful readiness
  • Promptness, celerity
  • Reluctance, hesitancy
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ALLEVIATE(V)

  • To relieve
  • Lessen, allay
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ANTITHESIS(N)

  • The direct opposite
  • Contrary, antipode
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APPALL(V)

  • To fill with dismay
  • Shock, horrify
  • Please, cheer
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BELLICOSE(ADJ)

  • Warlike in manner
  • Aggressive, combative
  • Pacific, amicable
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DISPARAGE(V)

  • To belittle
  • Degrade, decry
  • Praise, extol
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DISSONANT(ADJ)

  • Not in harmony
  • Grating, irreconcilable
  • Agreeing, euphonious
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DROLL(ADJ)

  • Amusingly odd
  • Comical, zany
  • Humorless, dour
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EDICT(N)

  • An order issued
  • Command, decree
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ELUCIDATE(V)

  • To clarify, explain
  • Interpret, expound
  • Obscure, muddy
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LAUD(V)

  • To praise
  • Hail, extol
  • Belittle, disparage
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LOLL(V)

  • To act in a lazy manner
  • Loaf, sag
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LOQUACIOUS(ADJ)

  • Talkative
  • Voluble, gossipy
  • Silent, reticent
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MAGNANIMOUS(ADJ)

  • Generous in forgiving
  • Unselfish, noble
  • Petty, selfish
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MANDATORY(ADJ)

  • Required
  • Compulsory, requisite
  • Optional, voluntary
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NONDESCRIPT(ADJ)

  • Ordinary, not outstanding
  • Plain, unremarkable
  • Vivid, remarkable
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PHLEGMATIC(ADJ)

  • Slow-moving, sluggish
  • Lethargic, indolent
  • Emotional, sensitive
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RESCIND(V)

  • To repeal, cancel
  • Withdraw, retract
  • Affirm, endorse
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VIVACIOUS(ADJ)

  • Lively, sprightly
  • Spirited, animated
  • Dull, listless
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WHET(V)

  • To sharpen
  • Hone, excite
  • Blunt, stifle
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