| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Allege | (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation |
| Arrant | (adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant |
| Badinage | (n.) light and playful conversation |
| Conciliate | (v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify, to reconcile, make consistent |
| Countermand | (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
| Echelon | (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement |
| Exacerbate | (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful |
| Fatuous | (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| Irrefutable | (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument |
| Juggernaut | (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| Lackadaisical | (adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
| Litany | (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
| Macabre | (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
| Paucity | (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
| Portend | (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
| Raze | (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |
| Recant | (v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| Saturate | (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
| Saturnine | (adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
| Slough | (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression |
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