VOCABULARY UNIT 14

ALACRITY

• N. A cheerful readiness
• Syn: promptness
• Ant: reluctance

ALLEVIATE

• V. To relieve, make more bearable
• Syn: lesson

ANTITHESIS

• N. The direct opposite
• Syn: contrary

APPAL L

• V. To fill with dismay or horror
• Syn: shock
• Ant: please

BELLICOSE

• Adj. warlike in manner or temperament
• Syn: aggressive
• Ant: amicable

DISPARAGE

• V. To belittle
• Syn: degrade
• Ant: praise

DISSONANT

• Adj. not in harmony
• Syn: grating

DROLL

• Adj. amusingly odd
• Syn: comical
• Ant: humorless

EDICT

• N. An order issued by someone in authority
• Syn: command

ELUCIDATE

• V. To clarify
• Syn: interpret
• Ant: obscure

LAUD

• V. To praise
• Syn: hail
• Ant: criticize

LOLL

• V. To act in a lazy manner
• Syn: loaf
• Ant: lively

LOQUACIOUS

• Adj. talkative, wordy
• Syn: gossipy
• Ant: silent

MAGNANIMOUS

• Adj. generous in forgiving
• Syn: unselfish
• Ant: unforgiving

MANDATORY

• Adj. required
• Syn: compulsory
• Ant: optional

NONDESCRIPT

• Adj. ordinary
• Syn: plain
• Ant: distinctive

PHLEGMATIC

• Adj. slow-moving
• Syn: lethargic
• Ant: emotional

RESCIND

• V. To repeal
• Syn: withdraw
• Ant: affirm

VIVACIOUS

• Adj. lively, sprightly
• Syn: spirited
• Ant: dull

WHET

• V. To sharpen
• Syn: hone
• Ant: blunt