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ALACRITY

  • a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action Synonyms: promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity Antonyms: reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy
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ALLEVIATE

  • relieve, make more bearable Synonyms: lessen, lighten, allay, mitigate, assuage
  • Antonym: intensify
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ANTITHESIS

  • The direct opposite, a sharp contrast Synonyms: contrary, antipode
  • Antonym: synonym
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APPALL

  • To fill with dismay or horror Synonyms: shock, stun, stupefy, horrify Antonyms: please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilarate
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BELLICOSE

  • warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome Synonyms: aggressive, combative, belligerent Anonyms: amicable, peaceable, conciliatory, pacific
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DISPARAGE

  • to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue Synonyms: degrade, decry, run down, underrate Antonyms: praise, extol, laud, plug
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DISSONANT

  • Not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds Synonyms: grating, strident, unmelodious, irreconcilable Antonyms: harmonious, agreeing, euphonious
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DROLL

  • amusingly odd Synonyms: comical, humorous, whimsical, zany Antonyms: humorless, solemn, dour
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EDICT

  • order issued by someone in authority Synonyms: command, decree, proclamation
  • Antonym: weak
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ELUCIDATE

  • to clarify, explain Synonyms: interpret, expound, explicate Antonyms: obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
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LAUD

  • To praise Synonyms: hail, extol, glorify, exalt Antonyms: criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
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LOLL

  • to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop Synonyms: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
  • Antonym: excersize
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LOQUACIOUS

  • talkative, wordy; fond of talking Synonyms: gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded Antonyms: silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn
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MAGNANIMOUS

  • generous in forgiving, above small meanness Synonyms: unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted Antonyms: petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful
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MANDATORY

  • Required, obligatory Synonyms: compulsory, requisite, imperative Antonyms: optional, voluntary, discretionary
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NONDESCRIPT

  • ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified Synonyms: plain, unremarkable, unimpressive Antonyms: distinctive, remarkable, vivid, prepossessing
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PHLEGMATIC

  • slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional Synonyms: lethargic, indolent, torpid, stolid, impassive
  • Antonym: active
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RESCIND

  • to repeal, cancel Synonyms: withdraw, revoke, retract, annul, abrogate Antonyms: affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify
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VIVACIOUS

  • lively, sprightly, full of energy Synonyms: spirited, animated, ebullient Antonyms: dull, spiritless, indolent, languid
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WHET

  • to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager Synonyms: hone, excite, stimulate Antonyms: dull, blunt, deaden, stifle, dampen
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