Unit 8
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 steplike 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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