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Junior Unit 8
Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
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badinage | n. light and playful conversation | banter, persiflage, repartee | sermon |
conciliate | v. to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent | placate, mollify, propitiate | antagonize, alienate, estrange |
countermand | v. to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first | recall, revoke | reaffirm. reassert |
echelon | n. 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 | v. to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful | aggravate, intensify, worsen | alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate |
fatuous | adj. stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way | silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous | sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright |
irrefutable | adj. impossible to disprove; beyond argument | indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable | disputable, indefensible, untenable |
juggernaut | adj. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path | ||
lackadaisical | adj. Lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted | listless, indolent, indifferent, lax | energetic, vigorous, wholehearted |
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 | rigmarole, catalog, megillah | |
macabre | adj. grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject | grotesque, grim, ghoulish | |
paucity | n. an inadequate quantity, scarcity, death | lack | abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge |
portend | v. to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of | bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest | |
raze | v. to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out | pull down, demolish, shave off | build, construct, raise, erect |
recant | v. to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract | repudiate, disavow | reaffirm, reassert |
saturate | v. to soak throughly, fill to capactiy; to satisfy fully | permeate, drench, flood, imbue | drain |
saturnine | adj. of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood | sullen, morose | lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious |
slough | v. to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as through mud; (n) a mire; a state of depression | (v.) shed, slog | (v.) take on, acquire, assume |
allege | v. to asset without proof or confirmation | claim, contend | prove, deny |
arrant | adj. thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant | egregious, unmitigated |