WCHS Unit 8-G
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 | (v) to assert without proof or confirmation
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| arrant | (adj) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blantant
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| badinage | (n) light and playful conversation
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| concilliate | (v) to overcome the distrust of , win over; to appease, pacify to reconsile, make consistent
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| countermand | (v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with anouther 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 steplike 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 its path
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| lackadaisical | (adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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| litany | (n) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congergation; 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) an inadequate quanity, 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 scrape off or out
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| recant | (v) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has preiously 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 dispostion; cold or sluggish in mood
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| slough | (v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnessary; to plod though as if through m;ud; (n) a mire; a state of depession
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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