Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 14 – Flashcards
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alacrity
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a cheerful readiness, brisk and eager action
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alleviate
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to relieve, make more bearable
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antithesis
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the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
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appall
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to fill with dismay or horror
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bellicose
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warlike in manner or temperament, quarrelsome
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disparage
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to belittle, speak slightingly of, to undervalue
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dissonant
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not in harmony, dissagreeing, at odds
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droll
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amusingly odd
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edict
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an order issued by someone in authority
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elucidate
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to clarify, explain
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laud
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to praise
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loll
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to act in a lazy manner, to lounge, to recline, droop
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loquacious
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talkative, wordy, fond of talking
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving,above small meanness
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mandatory
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required, obligatory
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nondescript
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ordinary, not outstanding, not easily classified
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phlegmatic
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slow-moving, sluggish, unemotional
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rescind
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to repeal, cancel
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vivacious
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lively, sprightly, full of energy
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whet
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to sharpen, put an edge on, to make keen or eager
