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ALACRITY

 brisk and cheerful readiness

 He accepted the invitation with alacrity.

CALLOUS
 showing or having an insensitive and
cruel disregard for others.

Her callous comments about the murder made me


shiver.
DENIGRATE
 belittle someone

There are many doom and gloom merchants


who denigrate their own country.

EMBEZZLEMENT
 misappropriation of funds

He has charges of fraud and embezzlement.

EXACERBATE
 to make a situation, a bad
feeling, or a problem worse
According to a survey stress can cause or
exacerbate health conditions the humans.

IMPECUNIOUS
 Having less money or no money at
all

After buying a new house, Sam was so


impecunious that he couldn’t even afford
Christmas cards.

VOCIFEROUS
 something or someone who is
offensively/ conspicuously loud.

He was a vociferous opponent of the takeover.

PERTINACIOUS
 someone who is
stubbornly unyielding
She worked with a pertinacious resistance to
interruptions.

ECLECTIC
 deriving the best ideas and styles
from a diverse range of sources
 My university is offering an eclectic mix of
courses.

ENERVATE
 lacking in vitality or mentally/
morally drained

The weather has an enervating heat today.

INCUMBENT
 something that is morally
binding
The government realized that it was
incumbent on them to act.

OBDURATE
 being stubborn and
refusing to change one’s
opinion

I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate.

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