Vocabulary Set 14

Question 1

alacrity synonyms

Answer 1

cheerful readiness, promptness, willingness, celerity

Question 2

alacrity antonyms

Answer 2

reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy

Question 3

alleviate synonyms

Answer 3

relieve, lessen, allay, mitigate, assuage

Question 4

antithesis synonyms

Answer 4

opposite, contrary, antipode

Question 5

appall synonyms

Answer 5

dismay, horrify, shock, stupefy

Question 6

appall antonyms

Answer 6

please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilerate

Question 7

bellicose synonyms

Answer 7

warlike, quarrelsome, aggressive, combative, belligerent

Question 8

bellicose antonyms

Answer 8

amicable, peaceable, pacific

Question 9

disparage synonyms

Answer 9

belittle, speak slightingly of, undervalue, degrade, decry, run down, underrate

Question 10

disparage antonyms

Answer 10

praise, extol, laud, plug

Question 11

dissonant synonyms

Answer 11

grating, unmelodious, irreconcilable, disagreeing, at odds inharmonious

Question 12

dissonant antonyms

Answer 12

harmonious, agreeing, euphonious

Question 13

droll synonyms

Answer 13

comical, humorous, whimsical, zany, humorously odd

Question 14

droll antonyms

Answer 14

humorless, solemn, dour

Question 15

edict synonyms

Answer 15

official order, command, decree, proclamation

Question 16

elucidate synonyms

Answer 16

clarify, explain, interpret, expound, explicate

Question 17

elucidate antonyms

Answer 17

obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate, make unclear

Question 18

laud synonyms

Answer 18

praise, hail, extol, glorify, exalt

Question 19

laud antonyms

Answer 19

criticize, censure, belittle, disparage

Question 20

loll synonyms

Answer 20

lounge, recline, droop, loaf, loiter, sag, dangle

Question 21

loquacious synonyms

Answer 21

talkative, wordy, gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded

Question 22

loquacious antonyms

Answer 22

silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn

Question 23

magnanimous synonyms

Answer 23

unselfish, charitable, noble, bighearted, forgiving

Question 24

magnanimous antonyms

Answer 24

petty, selfish, unforgiving, spiteful

Question 25

mandatory synonyms

Answer 25

required, obligatory, compulsory, requisite, imperative

Question 26

mandatory antonyms

Answer 26

optional, voluntary, discretionary

Question 27

nondescript synonyms

Answer 27

ordinary, plain, unremarkable, unimpressive

Question 28

nondescript antonyms

Answer 28

remarkable, vivid, prepossessing, outstanding; classifiable

Question 29

phlegmatic synonyms

Answer 29

slow-moving, sluggish, unemotional, lethargic, indolent, torpid, impassive, sloth-like

Question 30

phlegmatic antonyms

Answer 30

emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable

Question 31

rescind synonyms

Answer 31

repeal, cancel, withdraw, retract, annul, abrogate

Question 32

rescind antonyms

Answer 32

affirm, endorse, uphold, ratify

Question 33

vivacious synonyms

Answer 33

lively, sprightly, full of energy, spirited, animated, ebullient

Question 34

vivacious antonyms

Answer 34

dull, spiritless, listless, indolent

Question 35

whet synonyms

Answer 35

sharpen, hone, excite, stimulate

Question 36

whet antonyms

Answer 36

blunt, deaden, stifle, dampen