sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level g unit 8
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation
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| arrant | thoroughgoing, out-and-out, shameless
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| badinage | light and playful conversation
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| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease
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| countermand | to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity
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| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
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| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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| irrefutable | impossible to disprove; beyopnd argument
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| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest; half-hearted
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| litany | a prayer consisting of short appeals to God; any repetitive chant; a long list
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| macabre | grisly, gruesome; horrible; having death as a subject
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| paucity | an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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| portend | to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, give advance warning of
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| raze | to tear down; destroy completely
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| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce
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| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity, satisfy fully
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| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition
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| slough | to cast off, discard; a mire, state of depression
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