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Vocabulary List 14
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| List | Word | Sentences | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | alacrity | examples |
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness |
| 14 | alleviate | examples |
to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate |
| 14 | antithesis | examples |
the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to) |
| 14 | appall | examples |
to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay |
| 14 | bellicose | examples |
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. |
| 14 | disparage | examples |
to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle |
| 14 | dissonant | examples |
out of harmony; disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant |
| 14 | droll | examples |
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous |
| 14 | edict | examples |
an authoritative proclamation or command. |
| 14 | elucidate | examples |
to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain |
| 14 | laud | examples |
to praise; extol |
| 14 | loll | examples |
1. to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge |
| 14 | loquacious | examples |
talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous |
| 14 | magnanimous | examples |
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
| 14 | mandatory | examples |
authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory |
| 14 | nondescript | examples |
of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind |
| 14 | phlegmatic | examples |
not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. |
| 14 | rescind | examples |
to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority. |
| 14 | vivacious | examples |
lively; animated; gay |
| 14 | whet | examples |
1. to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction |