| A | B |
|---|
| alacrity | a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action |
| alleviate | to relieve, make more bearable |
| antithesis | to direct opposite, a sharp contrast |
| appall | to fill with dismay or horror |
| bellicose | warlike in manner or temperment; quarrelsome |
| disparage | to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue |
| dissonant | not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds |
| droll | amusingly odd |
| edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
| elucidate | to clarify, explain |
| laud | to praise |
| loll | to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop |
| loquacious | talkative, wordy; fond of talking |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving, above small meanness |
| mandatory | required, obligatory |
| nondescript | ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified |
| phlegmatic | slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional |
| rescind | to repeal, cancel |
| vivacious | lively, sprightly, full of energy |
| whet | to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager |
