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(v) to repeal, cancel
What is rescind?
100
(adj.) lively, sprightly, full of energy
What is vivacious?
100
Neighbors responded with _______ to the woman's cries for help.
What is alacrity?
100
Only in a fairy tale can human unhappiness and misery be banished forever by royal _______.
What is edict?
100
SYNONYMS: degrade, decry, run down, underrate ANTONYMS: praise, extol, laud, plug
What is disparage?
200
(v.) to fill with dismay or horror
What is appall?
200
(n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
What is antithesis?
200
In most mystery novels, the first chapter is designed to _____ your curiosity to find out "who done it."
What is whet?
200
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 ______ the nation and the world.
What is appalled?
200
SYNONYMS: hail, extol, glorify, exalt ANTONYMS: criticize, censure, belittle, disparage
What is laud?
300
(v.) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop
What is loll?
300
(n.) an order issued by someone in authority
What is edict?
300
Sloths are such ______ creatures that they have earned the reputation of being the slowest animals on Earth.
What is phlegmatic?
300
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy was often driven by a rather _____brand of patriotism.
What is bellicose?
300
SYNONYMS: interpret, expound, explicate ANTONYMS: obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate
What is elucidate?
400
(v.) to relieve, make more bearable
What is alleviate?
400
(adj.) talkative, wordy; fond of talking
What is loquacious?
400
The clamor of the _______voices could be heard clearly through the closed doors of the meeting room
What is dissonant?
400
A union contract may stipulate that members are to receive a ______annual cost of living increase.
What is mandatory?
400
SYNONYMS: gossipy, voluble, garrulous, long-winded ANTONYMS: silent, reticent, closemouthed, terse, taciturn
What is loquacious?
500
(adj.) required, obligatory
What is mandatory?
500
(adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
What is nondescript?
500
The general's victory was so decisive that he could afford to be _____toward his former enemies.
What is magnanimous?
500
The hero or heroine of a popular sitcom may be surrounded by a cast of _______eccentrics.
What is droll?
500
SYNONYMS: spirited, animated, ebullient ANTONYMS: dull, spiritless, listless, indolent
What is vivacious?