Vocab 14

Question 1

Alacrity

Answer 1

A cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action

Question 2

Alleviate

Answer 2

To relieve, make more bearable

Question 3

Antithesis

Answer 3

The direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Question 4

Appall

Answer 4

To fill with dismay or horror

Question 5

Bellicose

Answer 5

Warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome

Question 6

Disparage

Answer 6

To belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue

Question 7

Dissonant

Answer 7

Not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds

Question 8

Droll

Answer 8

Amusingly odd; quirky

Question 9

Edict

Answer 9

An order issued by someone in authority

Question 10

Elucidate

Answer 10

To clarify, explain

Question 11

Laud

Answer 11

To praise

Question 12

Loll

Answer 12

To act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

Question 13

Loquacious

Answer 13

Talkative, wordy; fond of talking

Question 14

Magnanimous

Answer 14

Generous in forgiving, above small meanness

Question 15

Mandatory

Answer 15

Required, obligatory

Question 16

Nondescript

Answer 16

Ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified

Question 17

Phlegmatic

Answer 17

Slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional

Question 18

Rescind

Answer 18

To repeal, cancel

Question 19

Vivacious

Answer 19

Lively, sprightly, full of energy

Question 20

Whet

Answer 20

To sharpen, put an edge on; to make keen or eager