10th grade-ELA-vocabulary #14

a cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action

synonym: promptness, willingness, celerity

antonyms: reluctance, unwillingness, hesitancy

• amicable

• sluggishness
• apathy
• alacrity

to relieve, make more bearable

synonyms: lessen, allay, mitigate, assuage

• alleviate

• increase
• intensify
• zany

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

synonyms: contrary, antipode

• different
• antithesis

• similar
• combative

to fill with dismay or horror

synonyms: shock, stupefy, horrify

antonyms: please, cheer, gladden ,elate, exhilarate

• delight
• amaze
• appall

• lessen

warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome

synonyms: aggressive, combative, belligerent

antonyms: amicable, peaceable, pacific

• loiter

• bellicose

• harmonious
• conciliatory

a belittle, speak slightingly of; to undervalue

synonyms: degrade, decry, run down, underrate

antonyms: praise, extol, laud, plug

• disparage

• applaud
• commend
• praise

not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds

synonyms: grating, unmelodious, irreconcilable

antonyms: harmonious, agreeing, euphonious

• melodious
• concordant
• congruous
• dissonant

amusingly odd

synonyms: comical, humorous, whimsical, zany

antonyms: humorless, solemn, dour

• serious
• amicable

• cheerful
• droll

an order issued by someone in authority

synonyms: command, decree, proclamation

• edict

• loiter

• directive
• instruction

to clarify, explain

synonyms: interpret, expound, explicate

antonyms: obscure, becloud, muddy, obfuscate

• blur
• elucidate

• confuse
• complicate