Vocab U14

Question 1

n) a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action

Answer 1

alacrity

Question 2

v) to relieve, make more bearable

Answer 2

alleviate

Question 3

n) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

Answer 3

antithesis

Question 4

v) to fill with dismay or horror

Answer 4

appall

Question 5

adj) warlike in manner or temperment; quarrelsome

Answer 5

bellicose

Question 6

v) to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue

Answer 6

disparage

Question 7

adj) not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds

Answer 7

dissonant

Question 8

adj) amusingly odd

Answer 8

droll

Question 9

n) an order issued by someone in authority

Answer 9

edict

Question 10

v) to clarify, explain

Answer 10

elucidate

Question 11

v) to praise

Answer 11

laud

Question 12

v) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

Answer 12

loll

Question 13

adj) talkative, wordy; fond of talking

Answer 13

loquacious

Question 14

adj) generous in forgiving, above small meanness

Answer 14

magnanimous

Question 15

adj) required, obligatory

Answer 15

mandatory

Question 16

adj) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified

Answer 16

nondescript

Question 17

adj) slow moving, sluggish; unemotional

Answer 17

phlegmatic

Question 18

v) to repeat, cancel

Answer 18

rescind

Question 19

adj) lively, sprightly, full of energy

Answer 19

vivacious

Question 20

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

Answer 20

whet