Level E Unit 14 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
Word List
- 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 temperament; 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; to lounge; to recline, droop - loquacious
(adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking - magnanimous
(adj.) generous in forgiving, above small meanness - mandatory
(adj.) required, obligatory - nondescript
(adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified - phlegmatic
(adj.) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional - rescind
(v.) to repeal, cancel - vivacious
(adj.) lively, sprightly, full of energy - whet
(v.) to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager
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