Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 8 Definitions 12th Grade Level G
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| Allege | v. to assert without proof or confirmation
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| Arrant | adj. through going, out and out, shameless, blatant
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| Badinage | n. light and playful conversation
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| Conciliate | v. to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
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| Countermand | v. to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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| Echelon | n. one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step like formation or arrangement
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| Exacerbate | v. to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
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| Fatuous | adj. stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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| Irrefutable | adj. impossible to disprove; beyond argument
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| Juggernaut | n. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in the path
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| Lackadaisical | adj. lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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| Litany | n. a prayer consisting of short appeals of God rectified by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
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| Macabre | adj. grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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| Paucity | n. a inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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| Portend | v. to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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| Raze | v. to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scape off or out
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| Recant | v. to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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| Saturate | v. to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity, to satisfy fully
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| Saturnine | adj. of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in a mood
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| Slough | v. to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud. n. a mire, a state of depression
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