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vocabulary
unit 14
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English
9th Grade
05/18/2008

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Term

 

 

alleviate

 

Definition

relieve,bearable

 

syn: lessen, lighten, allay, assuage

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magnanimous

Definition

 

 

generous, forgiving

 

syn:unselfish, inforgiving, spiteful

Term

 

 

 

disparge

 

Definition

 

 

 

to belittle

 

ant: laud

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loll

Definition

 

 

lounge, recline, droop

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Bellicose

Definition

 

 

 

quarrelsome

 

 

Term

 

 

whet

Definition

 

 

make keen or eager

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loquacious

Definition

 

 

 

talkitive

 

ant: silent,reticent,terse

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rascind

Definition

 

 

repeal,cancel

 

 

Term

 

 

 

phlegmatic

Definition

 

 

 

slow-moving, sluggish

 

Term

 

 

eludicate

Definition

 

 

clarify, explain

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alacrity

Definition

 

 

cheerful readiness ,brisk, eager action

 

syn: promptness, willingness,dispatch,celerity

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laud

Definition

 

 

 

praise

 

syn: hail, extol, glorify, exalt

ant: belittle,disparge

 

 

 

Term

 

 

 

vivacious

Definition

 

 

lively,sprightly,full of energy

 

syn:spirted,animated

Term

 

 

nondescript

Definition

 

 

ordinary,not outstanding

 

Syn: plain, unremarkable

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droll

Definition

 

 

syn:comical,humorous

 

ant:humorless

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edict

Definition

 

order issued by some one 

syn: command

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mandatory

Definition

 

 

 

required

 

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dissonant

Definition

 

 

 

not in harmony , dissagreeing

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