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English Vocabulary Set 8
[Mrs. Love's Class] Eighth set of words
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English
12th Grade
01/06/2011

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Term
allege
Definition

(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation

 

Syn:claim, contend

Term
arrant
Definition

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

 

Syn: egregious, unmitigated

Term
badinage
Definition

(n.) light and playful conversation

 

Syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

Term
conciliate
Definition

(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

 

Syn: placate, mollify, propitiate

Term
countermand
Definition

(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

 

Syn: recall, revoke

Term
echelon
Definition

(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement

 

Syn: level, rank

Term
exacerbate
Definition

(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

 

Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen

Term
fatuous
Definition

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

 

Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

Term
irrefutable
Definition

(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

 

Syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

Term
juggernaut
Definition

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

Term
lackadaisical
Definition

(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

 

Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

Term
litany
Definition

(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

 

Syn: rigmarole, catalog

Term
macabre
Definition

(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

 

Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

Term
paucity
Definition

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

 

Syn: lack

Term
portend
Definition

(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

 

Syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

Term
raze
Definition

(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

 

Syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

Term
recant
Definition

(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

 

Syn: repudiate, disavow

Term
saturate
Definition

(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

 

Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

Term
saturnine
Definition

(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

 

Syn: sullen, morose

Term
slough
Definition

(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

 

Syn: shed, slog

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