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CP/Honors IV

Unit 8

TermDefinition
allege to assert without proof or confirmation
arrant thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
badinage light and playful conversation
conciliate to overcome the distrust or, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
countermand to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
echelon one of a series of grades in an organization or filed of activity; an organized military until a step-like formation or arrangement
exacerbate to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
fatuous stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
irrefutable impossible to disprove; beyond an argument
juggernaut a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
lackadaisical lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
litany a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
macabre grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
paucity an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
portend to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
raze to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
recant to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
saturate to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
saturnine of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
slough to cast off; discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression
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