Unit Fourteen Vocabulary

(n.) liveliness, cheerful willingness; brisk and eager action

• alacrity

• appall

• alleviate

• antithesis

(v.) to relieve, make more bearable

• alacrity

• appall

• alleviate

• antithesis

(n.) direct opposite, contrast

• alacrity

• appall

• alleviate

• antithesis

(v.) to fill with horror; to terrify

• alacrity

• appall

• alleviate

• antithesis

(adj.) wanting things that belong to others, envious

• disparage

• droll

• covetous

• edict

(v.) to belittle, speak slightingly of

• disparage

• droll

• covetous

• edict

(adj.) amusingly odd

• disparage

• droll

• covetous

• edict

(n.) order issued by someone in authority

• disparage

• droll

• covetous

• edict

(v.) to make clear, explain

• loll

• elucidate

• laud

• intervene

(v.) to come between; to enter a situation as a third party

• loll

• elucidate

• laud

• intervene