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Vocab Unit 14

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ALACRITY

  • N. A cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
  • Syn: promptness
  • Ant: reluctant
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ALLEVIATE

  • V. To relieve, make more bearable
  • Syn: lessen

ANTITHESIS

  • N. the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
  • Syn: contrary
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APPALL

  • V. to fill with dismay or horror
  • Syn: shock
  • Ant: please

BELLICOSE

  • Adj. warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
  • Syn: aggressive
  • Ant: amicable
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DISPARAGE

  • V. To belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
  • Syn: degrade
  • ant: praise
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DISSONANT

  • Adj. not in harmony, disagreeing, at odds
  • Syn: grating
  • Ant: harmonious
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DROLL

  • Adj. amusingly odd
  • Syn: comical
  • Ant: humorless

EDICT

  • N. An order issued by someone in authority
  • Syn: command
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ELUDICATE

  • V. To clarify, explain
  • Syn: interpret
  • Ant: obscure
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LAUD

  • V. To praise
  • Syn: hail
  • Ant: criticize
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LOLL

  • V. To act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop
  • Syn: loaf

LOQUACIOUS

  • Adj. talkative, wordy; fond of talking
  • Syn: gossipy
  • Ant: silent
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MAGNANIMOUS

  • Adj. generous in forgiving, above small meanness
  • Syn: unselfish
  • Ant: petty
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MANDATORY

  • Adj. required, obligatory
  • Syn: compulsory
  • Ant: optional
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NONDESCREPIT

  • Adj. ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
  • Syn: plain
  • ant: vivid

PHLEGMATIC

  • Adj. slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
  • Syn: lethargic
  • Ant: emotional
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RESCIND

  • V. To repeal, cancel
  • Syn: withdrawl
  • Ant: affirm
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VIVACIOUS

  • Adj. lively, sprightly, full of energy
  • Syn: spirited
  • Ant: dull

WHET

  • V. To sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager
  • Syn: hone
  • Ant: blunt