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