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Stadlier Oxford G
WCHS Unit 8-G
word | Definition |
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allege | (v) to assert without proof or confirmation |
arrant | (adj) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blantant |
badinage | (n) light and playful conversation |
concilliate | (v) to overcome the distrust of , win over; to appease, pacify to reconsile, make consistent |
countermand | (v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with anouther 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 steplike 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 its path |
lackadaisical | (adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
litany | (n) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congergation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
macabre | (adj) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
paucity | (n) an inadequate quanity, 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 scrape off or out |
recant | (v) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has preiously been committed, renounce, retract |
saturate | (v) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
saturnine | (adj) of a gloomy or surly dispostion; cold or sluggish in mood |
slough | (v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnessary; to plod though as if through m;ud; (n) a mire; a state of depession |