1. allege (verb): to assert without proof; to declare with positiveness; affirm; to declare or plead in support of
2. arrant [variant of errant] (ad].): downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious;
3. badinage (noun): light, playful banter; (verb): to banter with or tease playfully
4. countermand (verb): to revoke or cancel; to recall or stop by a contrary order; (noun): a command or order revoking a previous one
5. echelon (noun): a level of command or authority or rank; a level of worthiness or
achievement or reputation; (military) = a formation of troops, ships, etc.
6. exacerbate (verb): to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; to embitter the feelings of a person; irritate; exasperate
8. macabre (adj.): gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible; of or pertaining to death
9. paucity (noun): smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness; fewnessi
10. portend (verb): warn; foreshadow; signify (mean)
11. recant (verb): to withdraw or take back; retract
12. saturnine (adi): sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn; suffering from lead poisoning
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