VOCAB 19 Flashcards
(20 cards)
to assert without proof or confirmation
syn:contend
allege
thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
syn: egregious, unmitigated
arrant
light and playful conversation
syn: banter, persiflage, repartee
badinage
to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
syn: mollify, propitiate
conciliate
to cancel or reverse on order or command with another that is contrary to the first
syn: recall, revoke
countermand
one of a series of grades in an organization of field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
syn: rank
echelon
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
syn: intensify worsen
exacerbate
stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
syn: silly, vapid, insane, doltish, vacuous
fatuous
impossible to disprove; beyond argument
syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable
irrefutable
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
juggernaut
lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
syn: indolent, indifferent, lux
lackadaisical
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
litany
grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
syn: grim, ghoulish
macabre
an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
syn: lack
paucity
to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
syn: bode, foretell, suggest
portend
to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
syn: pull down, demolish, shave off
raze
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
syn: repudiate, disavow
recant
to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
syn: drench, flood, imbue
saturate
of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
syn: morose
saturnine
to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression
syn: shed, slog
slough
