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Vocabulary Unit 14--Level E

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alacritya cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action (syn) promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity (ant) reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy
alleviateto relieve, make more bearable (syn) lessen, lighten, allay, mitigate, assuage
antithesisthe direct opposite; a sharp contrast (syn) contrary, antipode
appallto fill with dismay or horror (syn) shock, stun, stupefy, horrify (ant) please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilerate
bellicosewarlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome (syn) aggressive, combative, belligerent (ant) amicable, peaceable, concilliatory, pacific
disparageto belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue (syn) degrade, decry, run down, underrate (ant) praise, extol, laud. plug
dissonantnot in harmony; disagreeing, at odds (syn) grating, strident, unmelodious, irreconcilable (ant) harmonious, agreeing, euphonious
drollamusingly odd (syn) comical, humorous, whimsical, zany (ant) humorless, solemn, dour
edictan order issued by someone in authority (syn) command, decree, proclamation
elucidateto clarify; explain (syn) interpret, exound, explicate (ant) abscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
laudto praise (syn) hail, extol, glorify, exalt (ant) criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
lollact in a lazy manner, lounge; to recline, droop (syn) loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
loquacioustalkative, wordy, fond of talking (syn) gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long winded (ant) silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn
magnanimousgenerous in forgiving, above small meanness (syn) unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted (ant) petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful
mandatoryrequired, obligatory (syn) compulsory, requisite, imperative (ant) optional, voluntary, discretionary
nondescriptordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified (syn) plain, unremarkable, unimpressive (ant) distinctive, remarkable, vivid, prepossessing
phlegmaticslow-moving, sluggish; unemotional (syn) lethargic, indolent, torpid, stolid, impassive (ant) emotional, sensitive, thin skinned, excitable
rescindto repeal; cancel (syn) withdraw, revoke, retract, annul, abrogate (ant) affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify
vivaciouslively, sprightly, full of energy (syn) spirited, animated, ebullient (ant) dull, spiritless, listless, indolent, languid
whetto sharped; make keen or eager (syn) hone, excite, stimulate (ant) dull, blunt, deaden, stifle, dampen

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