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a cheerful readiness
alacrity
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brisk and eager action
alacrity
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to relieve, make more bearable
alleviate
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the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
antithesis
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to fill with dismay or horror
appall
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warlike in manner or temperament
bellicose
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to belittle, speak slightly of
disparage
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-
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disagreeing, at odds
dissonant
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an order issued by someone in authority
edict
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to clarify, explain
elucidate
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to act in a lazy manner
loll
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-
-
talkative, wordy
loquacious
-
fond of talking
loquacious
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generous in forgiving, above small meanness
magnanimous
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required, obligatory
mandatory
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ordinary, not outstanding
nondescript
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not easily classified
nondescript
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slow-moving, sluggish
phlegmatic
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to repeal, cancel
rescind
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lively, sprightly, full of energy
vivacious
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to sharpen, put an edge on
whet
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to make keen or eager
whet
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