vocab unit 8 level g

allege

(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation

I hate when people allege when they don't know what they are talking about.

syn: claim, contend

ant: prove, deny

arrant

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

A lot of people I know are arrant when it comes to certain topics.

syn: egregious, unmitigated

ant: shy

badinage

(n.) light and playful conversation

syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

ant: sermon

conciliate

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

After fighting with my mom for hours I feel accomplished when I finally conciliate.

syn: placate, mollify, propitiate

ant: antagonize, alienate, estrange

countermand

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

Sometimes my mom tells me she is not mad but then acts mad and it is very countermand.

syn: recall, revoke

ant: reaffirm, reassert

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

Field Day in middle school has always been an echelon.

syn: level, rank

exacerbate

(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

There is no need to exacerbate a fight.

syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen

ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

fatuous

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

Its not good to be fatuous because nobody will like you.

syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

ant: sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright

irrefutable

(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

When fighting with a stubborn person things seem irrefutable.

syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

ant: disputable, indefensible, untenable

juggernaut

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

lackadaisical

(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

If you're going to play a sport especially during a hard year it is not worth it if you are lackadaisical.

syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

ant: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted

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

During church the priest gives litanies.

syn: rigmarole, catalog, megillah

macabre

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

Horror movies are macabre.

syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

ant: pleasant, nice

paucity

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

My mom ordered an paucity amount of pizza because she ordered one pie for 10 girls.

syn: lack

ant: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge

portend

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

My moms physic always gives her portends.

syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

raze

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

Everytime I turn my head I see a new house razed.

syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

ant: build, construct, raise, erect

recant

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

When the teacher realized we didn't have enough time she recanted the homework.

syn: repudiate, disavow

ant: reaffirm, reassert

saturate

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

syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

ant: drain

saturnine

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

Every monday morning Im in a saturine.

syn: sullen, morose

ant: lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious

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

ant: take on, acquire, assume