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20 Cards in this Set
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Allege |
(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation Syn: claim, contend |
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Arrant |
(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant Syn: egregious, unmitigated |
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Badinage |
(n.) light and playful conversation Syn: banter, persiflage, repartee |
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Conciliate |
(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over, to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent Syn: placate, mollify, propitiate |
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Countermand |
(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first Syn: recall, revoke |
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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 Syn: level, rank |
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Exacerbate |
(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen |
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Fatuous |
(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous |
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Irrefutable |
(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument Syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable |
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Juggernaut |
(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in it's path
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Lackadaisical |
(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax |
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Litany |
(n.) 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: rigmarole, catalog, megillah |
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Macabre |
(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish |
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Paucity |
(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth Syn: lack |
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Portend |
(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of Syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest |
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Raze |
(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out Syn: pull down, demolish, shave off |
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Recant |
(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract Syn: repudiate, disavow |
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Saturate |
(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully Syn: permeate, drench, imbue |
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Saturnine |
(adj.) bitter or scornful, showing a brooding ill humor, gloomy and remote Syn: gloomy, somber, melancholy |
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Slough |
(v.) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off; to cast off, discard Syn: molt |