VOCAB UNIT 14

ALACRITY

• a cheerful readiness, brisk and eager action
• S promptness
• A reluctance

ALLEVIATE

• to relieve, make more bearable
• S lessen

antithesis

• the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
• S contrary

APPALL

• to fill with dismay or horror
• S shock
• A please

BELLICOSE

• warlike in manner or temperament, quarrelsome
• S aggressive
• A amicable

DISPARAGE

• to belittle, speak slightingly of, to undervalue
• S degrade
• A praise

DISSONANT

• not in harmony, dissagreeing, at odds
• S grating
• A harmonious

DROLL

• Amusingly odd
• S comical
• A humorless

EDICT

• an order issued by someone in authority
• S command

ELUCIDATE

• To clarify, explain
• S interpret
• A obscure

LAUD

• To praise
• S hail
• A criticize

LOLL

• to act in a lazy manner, to lounge, to recline, droop
• S loaf

loquacious

• talkative, wordy, fond of talking
• S gossipy
• A silent

MAGNANIMOUS

• generous in forgiving,above small meanness
• S unselfish
• A petty

MANDATORY

• Required obligatory
• S cumpolsory
• A optional

NONDESCRIPT

• ordinary, not outstanding, not easily classified
• S plain
• A remarkable

PHLEGMATIC

• slow-moving, sluggish, unemotional
• S lethargic
• A emotional

RESCIND

• To repeal , cancel
• S withdraw
• A affirm

WHET

• to sharpen, put an edge on, to make keen or eager
• S hone
• A blunt

VIVACIOUS

• lively, sprightly, full of energy
• S spirited
• A dull