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