Vocab 8 Flashcards
to assert without proof or confirmation
allege
thoroughgoing, out-and-out, shameless, blatant
arrant
light and playful conversation
badinage
to overcome the distrust of, win over, to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
conciliate
to conceal or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
countermand
one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity
echelon
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
exacerbate
stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
fatuous
impossible to disprove; beyond argument
irrefutable
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
juggernaut
lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
lackadaisical
a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by a leader alternating with responses from the congregation
litany
grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing, having death as a subject
macabre
an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
paucity
to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
portend
to tear down, destroy completely
raze
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed
recant
to soak
saturate
of a gloomy or surly disposition
saturnine
to cast off; discard
slough
syn for allege
contend
