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(n) an order issued by someone in authority
What is edict?
100
(adj.) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
What is phlegmatic?
100
The general's victory was so decisive that he could afford to be _________________toward his former enemies.
What is magnanimous?
100
Only in fairy tales can human unhappiness and misery be banished forever by royal _______.
What is edict?
100
SYNONYMS: contrary, opposite, antipode
What is antithesis?
200
(v.) to repeal, cancel
What is rescind?
200
(v.) to fill with horror or dismay
What is appall?
200
In most mystery novels, the first chapter is designed to _____ your curiosity to find out "who done it."
What is whet?
200
My dinner companion was so _____________that our conversation quickly turned into a monologue.
What is loquacious?
200
SYNONYMS: decry, degrade, run down, underrate ANTONYMS: praise, extol, laud, plug
What is disparage?
300
(adj.) not in harmony, disagreeing, at odds
What is dissonant?
300
(adj.) amusingly odd, quirky, comical
What is droll?
300
There is nothing I would rather do on a hot, humid summer afternoon that __________in a hammock under a tree.
What is loll?
300
The doctors and nurses did everything they could to ___________the patient's severe pain.
What is alleviate?
300
SYNONYMS: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
What is loll?
400
(adj.) required, obligatory
What is mandatory?
400
(n.) a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
What is alacrity?
400
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy was often driven by a rather ____________brand of patriotism.
What is bellicose?
400
At the assembly the principal__________both students and teachers for the school wide improvement in reading scores.
What is lauded?
400
SYNONYMS:  aggressive, combative, belligerent ANTONYMS: amicable, peaceable, pacific
What is bellicose?
500
(adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking
What is loquacious?
500
(adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
What is nondescript?
500
A ___________individual will certainly never lack for companions.
What is vivacious?
500

The precise meaning of a passage in Middlemarch is sometimes hard to _____________.

What is elucidate?
500
SYNONYMS: lethargic, indolent, torpid, impassive ANTONYMS: emotional, sensitive, thin-skinned, excitable
What is phlegmatic?
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