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Vocab Workshop (Lvl G) Unit 8
Words 1-20 for Unit 8 of Vocabulary Workshop (level G)
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03/06/2008

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allege
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(v) to assert without proof or confirmation
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arrant
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(adj) thoroughgoing, out and out; shameless, blatant
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badinage
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(n) light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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(v) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
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countermand
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(v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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echelon
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(n) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
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exacerbate
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(v) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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fatuous
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(adj) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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irrefutable
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(adj) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
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juggernaut
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(n) massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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lackadaisical
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(adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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litany
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(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
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macabre
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(adj) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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paucity
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(n) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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portend
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(v) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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raze
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(v) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
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recant
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(v) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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saturate
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(v) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy thoroughly
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saturnine
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(adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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slough
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(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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