vocab words for Unit 14

a cheerful readiness;

brisk and eager

action

• applicable

• alacrity

• beset

• asset

• compassion

to relieve, make more

bearable

• alleviate

• antipathy

• beset

• asset

• compassion

the direct opposite,

a sharp contrast

• applicable

• antipathy

• beset

• antithesis

• compassion

to fill with dismay

or horror

• applicable

• antipathy

• appall

• asset

• compassion

warlike in manner or

temperament;

quarrelsome

• applicable

• antipathy

• beset

• asset

• bellicose

to belittle, speak

slightingly of; to

undervalue

• imbibe

• facsimile

• disparage

• duress

• exuberant

not in harmony;

disagreeing, at odds

• imbibe

• facsimile

• decorum

• dissonant

• exuberant

amusingly odd

• imbibe

• facsimile

• decorum

• duress

• droll

to sharpen, put an

edge on; to make keen

or eager

• imbibe

• Whet

• decorum

• duress

• exuberant

an order issued by

someone in authority

• edict

• facsimile

• decorum

• duress

• exuberant