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Term Definition
alacrity a cheerful readiness; brish and eager action
alleviate to relieve, make more bearable
antithesis the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
appall to fill with dismay or horror
bellicose warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
disparage to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue
dissonant not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
droll amusingly odd
edict an order issued by someone in authority
elucidate to clarify, explain
laud to praise
loll to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop
loquacious talkative, wordy; fond of talking
magnanimous generous in forgiving, above small meanness
mandatory required, obligatory
nondescript ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
phlegmatic slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
rescind to repeal, cancel
vivacious lively, sprightly, full of energy
whet to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager
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Creator ElementalLam22
Created May 24, 2008
Group Vocabulary Workshop Level E
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ElementalLam22 : Changed vivacous → lively, sprightly, full of energy to vivacious → lively, sprightly, full of energy
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  1. phlegmatic → slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional - 3 misses
  2. antithesis → the direct opposite, a sharp contrast - 2 misses
  3. disparage → to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue - 2 misses
  4. whet → to sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager - 2 misses
  5. alacrity → a cheerful readiness; brish and eager action - 1 miss
  6. appall → to fill with dismay or horror - 1 miss
  7. dissonant → not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds - 1 miss