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20 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity |
A cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action |
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Alleviate |
To relieve, make more bearable |
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Antithesis |
The direct opposite; a sharp contrast |
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Appall |
To fill with dismay or horror |
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Bellicose |
Warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome |
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Disparage |
To belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue |
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Dissonant |
Not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds |
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Droll |
Amusingly odd |
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Edict |
An order issued by someone in authority |
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Elucidate |
To clarify, explain |
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Laud |
To praise |
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Loll |
To act in a lazy manner, lounge; to recline, droop |
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Loquacious |
Talkative, wordy; fond of talking |
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Magnanimous |
Generous in forgiving, above small meannesses |
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Mandatory |
Required, obligatory |
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Nondescript |
Ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified |
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Phlegmatic |
Slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional |
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Rescind |
To repeal, cancel |
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Vivacious |
Lively, sprightly, full of energy |
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Whet |
To sharpen, make keen or eager |
