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Vocab #1
vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allege | To assert without proof or confirmation |
| Arrant | Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless |
| Badinage | Light and playful conversation |
| Conciliate | To overcome the distrust of, win over, to appease |
| Countermand | To cancel or reverse one order or command. |
| Echelon | Series of grades in an organization; An organized military unit |
| Exacerbate | To make more violent, severe, bitter or painful |
| Fatuous | Stupid or foolish |
| Irrefutable | Impossible to disprove, beyond argument |
| Juggernaut | A massive force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| Lackadaisical | Lacking in spirit or interest, halfhearted |
| Litany | A prayer that appeals to God recited by the leader with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
| Macabre | Gruesome; horrible; having death as a subject |
| Paucity | Scarcity |
| Portend | To indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, to give advance warning of |
| Raze | To tear down, destroy completely |
| Recant | To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed |
| Saturate | To soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
| Saturmine | Cold or sluggish in mood |
| Slough | Discard; to get rid of something unnecessary; A state of depression |