Vocabulary 14.

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Vocabulary 14

a cheerful readiness; eager action alacrity a cheerful readiness; eager action

to relieve; make more bearable alleviate to relieve; make more bearable

antithesis the direct opposite

to fill with dismay or horror appall to fill with dismay or horror

bellicose warlike in manner

disparage to belittle

dissonant not in harmony

droll amusingly odd

an order issued by someone in authority edict an order issued by someone in authority

elucidate to clarify; explain

laud to praise

loll to act in a lazy manner

loquacious talkative

magnanimous generous in forgiving

mandatory required

ordinary; not outstanding nondescript ordinary; not outstanding

slow-moving; sluggish phlegmatic slow-moving; sluggish

rescind to repeal; cancel

vivacious lively; full of energy

whet to make keen or eager