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Vocab 14
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Level E
Question | Answer |
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alacrity | excited readiness; eager |
alleviate | to relieve |
antithesis | direct opposite |
appall | to fill with dismay of horror |
bellicose | war-like in manner; aggressive |
disparage | to belittle; to degrade |
dissonant | not in harmony; disagreeing |
droll | amusingly odd |
edict | and order issued by someone in authority |
elucidate | to explain |
laud | to praise |
loll | to act lazy |
loquacious | talkative |
magnanimous | unselfish; big hearted |
mandatory | required |
nondescript | ordinary; plain |
phlegmatic | sluggish |
rescind | cancel; withdrawal |
vivacious | lively, sprightly |
whet | to sharpen/stimulate |