English Vocab Unit 8
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allege | verb - to assert without proof |
| arrant | adj - shameless, blatant |
| badinage | noun - light and playful banter |
| conciliate | verb - to win over, to pacify, to overcome |
| countermand | verb - to cancel, to revoke, |
| echelon | noun - an organized unit or formation |
| exacerbate | verb - to make violent, bitter or worse |
| fatuous | adj - stupid or foolish |
| irrefutable | adj - undeniable, beyond argument |
| juggernaut | noun - a force that crushes anything in its path |
| lackadaisical | adj - lacking interest |
| litany | noun - a repetitive chant or long list |
| macabre | adj - gruesome, horrible, ghoulish |
| paucity | noun - a inadequate quantity, lack, scarcity |
| portend | verb - to indicate beforehand, foreshadow |
| raze | verb - to tear down, destory or demloish |
| recant | verb - to withdraw a statement, to renounce |
| saturate | verb - to soak through |
| saturnine | adj - cold or sluggish in mood, morose |
| slough | verb - to cast off, to get rid of, to shed |
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