Vocab Unit 14- 5/22/06
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- alacrity
- n- a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
- alleviate
- v- to relieve, make more bearable
- antithesis
- n- the direct opposite; a sharp ontrast
- 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 maner, lounge; to recline, droop
- loquacious
- adj- talkative, wordy; fond of talking
- magnanimous
- adj- generous in forgiving, above small meannesses
- 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, make keen or eager