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Alacrity
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A cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action (noun)
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Alleviate
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To relieve, make more bearable (verb)
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Antithesis
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The direct opposite; a sharp contrast (noun)
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Appall
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To fill with dismay or horror (verb)
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Bellicose
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Warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome (adjective)
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Disparage
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to belittle, speak slightingly of, undervalue (verb)
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Dissonant
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not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds (adjective)
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Droll
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Amusingly odd (adjective)
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Edict
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An order issued by someone in authority (noun)
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Elucidate
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To clarify, explain (verb)
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Laud
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to praise (verb)
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Loll
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to act in lazy manner, lounge; to recline, droop (verb)
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Loquacious
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talkative, wordy; fond of talking (adjective)
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Magnanimous
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(adjective) generous in forgiving, above small
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Mandatory
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required (adjective)
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