Vocab Unit 14
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ALACRITY
- (n) a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
- synonym: promptness, willingness, celerity
- antonym: reluctance, unwillingness, hesitamcy
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ALLEVIATE
- (v) to relieve, make more bearable
- synonym: lessen, allay, mitigate, assuage
- antonym: increase
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ANTITHESIS
- (n) the direct opposition, a sharp contrast
- synonym: contrary, antipode
- antonym: synonym
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APPALL
- (v) to fill wi dismay or horror
- synonym: shock, stupefy, horrify
- antonym: please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilerate
BELLICOSE
- (adj) warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
- synonym: aggressive, combative, belligerent
- antonym: amicable, peaceable, pacific
DISPARAGE
- (v) to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
- synonym: degrade, decry, run down, underrate
- antonym: praise, extol, laud, plug
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DISSONANT
- (adj) not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
- synonym: grating, unmelodious, irreconcilable
- antonym: harmonious, agreeing, euphonious
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DROLL
- (adj) amusingly odd
- synonym: comical, humorous, whimsical, zany
- antonym: humorless, solemn, dour
EDICT
- (n) an order issued by someone in authority
- synonym: command, decree, proclamation
- antonym: suggestion
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ELUCIDATE
- (v) to clarify, explain
- synonym: interpret, expound, explicate
- antonym: obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
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LAUD
- (v) to praise
- synonym: hail, extol, glorify, exalt
- antonym: criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
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LOLL
- (v) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge, to recline, droop
- synonym: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
- antonym: productive, working
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LOQUACIOUS
- (adj) talkative, wordy; fond of talking
- synonym: gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded
- antonym: silent, reticent, close mouthed, terse, taciturn
MAGNANIMOUS
- (adj) generous in forgiving, above small meanness
- synonym: unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted
- antonym: petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful, Donald Trump
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MANDATORY
- (adj) required, obligatory
- synonym: compulsory, requisite, impassive
- antonym: optional, voluntary, discretionary
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NONDESCRIPT
- (adj) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
- synonym: plain, unremarkable, unimpressive
- antonym: remarkable, vivid, prepossessing
PHLEGMATIC
- (adj) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
- synonym: lethargic, indolent, torpid, impassive
- antonym: emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable
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RESCIND
- (v) to repeal, cancel
- synonym: withdrawal, retract, annul, abrogate
- antonym: affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify
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VIVACIOUS
- (adj) lively, sprightly, full of energy
- synonym: spirited, animated, ebullient
- antonym: dull, spiritless, listless, indolent
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