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