Vocabulary Unit 8 - Level G

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allege
(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
syn: contend
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arrant

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

syn: egregious, unmitigated

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badinage

(n.) light and playful conversation

syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

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conciliate

(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

syn: mollify, propitiate

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countermand

(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

syn: recall, revoke

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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

syn: rank

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exacerbate
(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
Syn: intensify, worsen
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fatuous

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

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irrefutable

(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

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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

syn: indolent, indifferent, lax

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litany

(n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

syn: catalog, megillah

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macabre

(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

syn: grim, ghoulish

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paucity

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

syn: lack

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portend

(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

syn: bode, foretell, suggest

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raze

(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

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recant

(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

syn: repudiate, disavow

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saturate

(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

syn: drench, flood, imbue

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saturnine

(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

syn: morose

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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

syn: shed, slog

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Il-
not
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Im-
not
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Ir-
not
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Un-
not
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In-
not || in, into
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Im-
in
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Tri-
three
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