Unit 8 S&A

allege

S: contend A: prove

arrant

S: egregious, unmitigated

badinage

S: banter, persiflage, repartee A: sermon

conciliate

S: modify, propitiate A: antagonize, alienate, estrange

countermand

S: recall, revoke A: reaffirm, reassert

echelon

S: rank

exacerbate

S: intensify, worsen A: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

fatuous

S: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous A: intelligent, perceptive, bright

irrefutable

S: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable A: disputable, indefensible, untenable

lackadaisical

S: indolent, indifferent, lax A: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted

litany

S: catalog, Megillah

macabre

S: grim, ghoulish

paucity

S: lack A: glut, plenitude, deluge

portend

S: bode, foretell, suggest

raze

S: pull down, demolish, shave off A: build, construct, raise, erect

recant

S: repudiate, disavow A: reassert

saturate

S: drench, flood, imbue A: drain

saturnine

S: morose A: cheerful, vivacious

slough

S: shed, slog A: take on, acquire, assume