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Alacrity
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(n.) a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
S: promptness, willingness, dispatch, celerity A: reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy |
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Alleviate
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(v.) to relieve, make more bearable
S: lessen, lighten, allay, mitigate, assuage |
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Antithesis
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(n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
S: contrary, antipode |
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Appall
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(v.) to fill with dismay or horror
S: shock, stun, stupefy, horrify A: please, cheer, gladden, elate, exhilarate |
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Bellicose
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(adj.) warlike in manor or temperament; quarrelsome
S: aggressive, combative,vbelligerent A: amicable, peaceable, conciliatory, pacific |
