| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation (syn) claim, contend (ant) prove, deny |
| arrant | thoroughgoing, out-and-out, shameless, blatant (syn) egregious, unmitigated |
| badinage | light and playful conversation, banter, persiflage, repartee (ant) sermon |
| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent (syn) placate, mollify, propitiate (ant) antagonize, alienate, estrange |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse one order of command with another that is contrary to the first (syn) recall, revoke (ant) reaffirm, reassert |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement, level, rank |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful (syn) aggravate, intensify, worsen (ant) alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way (syn) silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous (ant) sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove, beyond argument (syn) indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable (ant) disputable, indefensible, untenable |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted (syn) listless, indolent, indifferent, lax (ant) energetic, vigorous, wholehearted |
| litany | repetitive chant, long list, rigamorole, catalog, megillah |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject (syn) grotesque, grim, ghoulish |
| paucity | inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth, lack (ant) abundance, glut, plentitude, deluge |
| portend | to indicated beforehand that something is about ot happen; to give advance warning of (syn) bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest |
| raze | to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out (syn) pull down, demolish, shave off (ant) build, construct, raise, erect |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously beencommitted, renounce, retract (syn) repudiate, disavow (ant) reaffirm, reassert |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully (syn) permeate, drench, flood, imbue (ant) drain |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood (syn) sullen, morose (ant) lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious |
| slough | to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod throguh as if mud; a mire, a state of depression (syn) shed, slog (ant) tke on, acquire, assume |
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