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Vocab Unit 8 D G
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 8 Definitions 12th Grade Level G
Question | Answer |
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Allege | v. to assert without proof or confirmation |
Arrant | adj. through going, out and out, shameless, blatant |
Badinage | n. light and playful conversation |
Conciliate | v. to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent |
Countermand | v. to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
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 |
Exacerbate | v. to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful |
Fatuous | adj. stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
Irrefutable | adj. impossible to disprove; beyond argument |
Juggernaut | n. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in the path |
Lackadaisical | adj. lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
Litany | n. a prayer consisting of short appeals of God rectified by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
Macabre | adj. grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
Paucity | n. a inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
Portend | v. to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
Raze | v. to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scape off or out |
Recant | v. to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
Saturate | v. to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity, to satisfy fully |
Saturnine | adj. of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in a mood |
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 |