Vocabulary, Unit 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Synonyms: claim, contend | ALLEGE |
| Antonyms: prove, deny | ALLEGE |
| Synonyms: egregious, unmitigated | ARRANT |
| Synonyms: banter, persiflage, repartee | BADINAGE |
| Antonym: sermon | BADINAGE |
| Synonyms: placate, mollify, propitiate | CONCILIATE |
| Antonyms: antagonize, alienate, estrange | CONCILIATE |
| Synonyms: recall, revoke | COUNTERMAND |
| Antonyms: reaffirm, reassert | COUNTERMAND |
| Synonyms: level, rank | ECHELON |
| Synonyms: aggravate, intensify, worsen | EXACERBATE |
| Antonyms: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate | EXACERBATE |
| Synonyms: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous | FATUOUS |
| Antonyms: sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright | FATUOUS |
| Synonyms: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable | IRREFUTABLE |
| Antonyms: disputable, indefensible, untenable | IRREFUTABLE |
| Synonyms: force | JUGGERNAUT |
| Synonyms: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax | LACKADAISICAL |
| Antonyms: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted | LACKADAISICAL |
| Synonyms: rigmarole, catalog, megillah | LITANY |
| Synonyms: grotesque, grim, ghoulish | MACABRE |
| Synonym: lack | PAUCITY |
| Antonyms: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge | PAUCITY |
| Synonyms: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest | PORTEND |
| Synonyms: pull down, demolish, shave off | RAZE |
| Antonyms: build, construct, raise, erect | RAZE |
| Synonyms: repudiate, disavow | RECANT |
| Antonyms: reaffirm, reassery | RECANT |
| Synonyms: permeate, drench, flood, imbue | SATURATE |
| Antonym: drain | SATURATE |
| Synonyms: sullen, morose | SATURNINE |
| Antonyms: lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious | SATURNINE |
| Synonyms: shed, slog | SLOUGH |
| Antonyms: take on, acquire, assume | SLOUGH |
| However much it may cost me, I will never _____________ the principles to which I have devoted my life. | RECANT |
| No sooner had the feckless tsar decreed a general mobilization than he _____________ his order, only to reissue it a short time later. | COUNTERMANDED |
| Though some "home remedies" appear to alleviate the symptoms of a disease, they may in face _____________ the condition. | EXACERBATE |
| Ms. Ryan's warning to the class to "review thoroughly" seemed to me to _____________ an usually difficult examination. | PORTEND |
| The men now being held in police custody are _____________ to have robbed eight supermartkets over the last year. | ALLEGED |
| Her friendly manner and disarming smile helped to _____________ those who opposed her views on the proposal. | CONCILIATE |
| The service in honor of the miners trapped in the underground collapse included prayers and _____________. | LITANIES |
| We object to the policy of _____________ historic old buildings to make way for unsightly parking lots. | RAZING |
| You are not going to do well in your job if you continue to work in such a _____________ and desultory manner. | LACKADAISICAL |
| The enemy's lines crumpled before the mighty _____________ of our attack like so much wheat before a harvester. | JUGGERNAUT |
| As a snake _____________ off its old skin, so he hoped to ride himself of his weaknesses and develop a new and better personality. | SLOUGHS |
| My shirt became so _____________ with perspiration on that beastly day that I had to change it more than once during the match. | SATURATED |
| After he made the absurd remark, a _____________ grin of self-congratulation spread like syrup across the lumpy pancake of his face. | FATUOUS |
| "I find it terribly depressing to be around people whose dispositions are so _____________ and misanthropic," I remarked. | SATURNINE |
| The breaking news story concerned corruption among the highest _____________ of politics. | ECHELONS |
| Only someone with a truly _____________ sense of humor would decide to use a hearse as the family car or a coffin as a bed. | MACABRE |
| "It seems to me that such _____________ hypocrisy is indicative of a thoroughly opportunistic approach to running for office," I said sadly. | ARRANT |
| The seriousness of the matter under discussion left no room for the type of lighthearted _____________ encountered in the locker room. | BADINAGE |
| At first I thought it would be easy to shoot holes in their case, but I soon realized that their arguments were practically _____________. | IRREFUTABLE |
| His four disastrous years in office were marked by a plenitude of promises and a _____________ of performance. | PAUCITY |
| By _____________ off the artificiality of her first book, the novelist arrived at a style that was simple, genuine, and highly effective. | SLOUGHING |
| By denying your guilt without offering any explanation of your actions, you will only _____________ an already bad situation. | EXACERBATE |
| Not surprisingly, the committee's final report was an incongruous mixture of the astute and the _____________. | FATUOUS |
| Stephen King's book Danse _____________ surveys popular and obscure horror fiction of the twentieth century. | MACABRE |
| With incredible unconcern, the nobles of Europe immersed themselves in social frivolities as the fearful _____________ of World War I steamrolled ineluctably toward them. | JUGGERNAUT |
| She excused herself from lending me the money I so desperately needed by _____________ that she had financial troubles of her own. | ALLEGING |
| Over the years, hard work and unstinting devotion to duty have raised me from one _____________ of company management to the next. | ECHELON |
| Economists believe that the drop in automobile sales and steel production _____________ serious problems for business in the future. | PORTENDS |
| We have many capable and well-meaning people in our organization, but it seems to me that there is a _____________ of real leadership. | PAUCITY |
| It is a good deal easier to _____________ an old building than it is to destroy a time-honored social institution. | RAZE |
| I never ask anyone "How are you?" anymore because I am afraid I will be treated to an endless _____________ of symptoms and ailments. | LITANY |
| His attempts at casual _____________ did not conceal the fact that he was acutely embarrassed by his blunder. | BADINAGE |
| What possible purpose will be served by setting up yet another hamburger stand in an area already _____________ with fast-food shops? | SATURATED |
| His debating technique is rooted in the firm belief that anything bellowed in a loud voice is absolutely _____________. | IRREFUTABLE |
| Our excitement at visiting the world-famous ruins was dampened by the _____________ attitude of the bored and listless guide. | LACKADAISICAL |
| In earlier times, people whose views conflicted with "received opinion" often had to _____________ their ideas or face the consequences. | RECANT |
| Only a _____________ knave would be capable of devising such an incredibly underhanded and treacherous scheme. | ARRANT |
| The authority of the Student Council is not absolute because the principal can _____________ any of its decisions. | COUNTERMAND |
| Someone with such a _____________ outlook on life doesn't make an agreeable traveling companion, especially on a long journey. | SATURNINE |
| The views of the two parties involved in this dispute are so diametrically opposed that it will be almost impossible to _____________ them. | CONCILIATE |
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