12th Grade Vocabulary Unit 12

a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager attention

• alacrity

• appall

• dissonant

• elucidate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to relieve, make more bearable

• alleviate

• bellicose

• droll

• alacrity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

• antithesis

• disparage

• edict

• alleviate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

to fill with dismay or horror

• appall

• dissonant

• elucidate

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome

• bellicose

• droll

• alacrity

• appall

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue

• disparage

• edict

• alleviate

• bellicose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds

• dissonant

• elucidate

• antithesis

• disparage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

amusingly odd

• droll

• alacrity

• appall

• dissonant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

an order issued by someone in authority

• edict

• alleviate

• bellicose

• droll

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to clarify, explain

• elucidate

• antithesis

• disparage

• edict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C