cheerful readiness, willingness | alacrity |
relieve | alleviate |
opposite | antithesis |
fill with dismay or horror | appall |
warlike, belligerent | bellicose |
belittle; undervalue | disparage |
harsh in sound; disagreeing | dissonant |
amusingly odd | droll |
command; an order issued by someone in authority | edict |
to clarify; explain | elucidate |
praise | laud |
act in a lazy manner; to lounge | loll |
talkative | loquacious |
generous in forgiving | magnanimous |
required, obligatory | mandatory |
ordinary; not easily classified | nondescript |
showing little or no emotion | phlegmatic |
repeal, cancel | rescind |
lively, sprightly, full of energy | vivacious |
sharpen; stimulate | whet |