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Sad-Ox G 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allege | to assert without proof or conformation |
| 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 with another that is contrary to the first |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity |
| exacerbate | to make more violent |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest |
| litany | a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome |
| paucity | an inadequate quantity |
| portend | to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen |
| raze | to tear down, destroy completely |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition |
| slough | to cast off; to get rid of something unnecessary |