bkhs 12/G unit 8 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
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 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, severe, bitter or painful |
fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
irrefutable | impossible to disprove; beyopnd argument |
juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest; half-hearted |
litany | a prayer consisting of short appeals to God; any repetitive chant; a long list |
macabre | grisly, gruesome; horrible; having death as a subject |
paucity | an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
portend | to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, give advance warning of |
raze | to tear down; destroy completely |
recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce |
saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity, satisfy fully |
saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition |
slough | to cast off, discard; a mire, state of depression |
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