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20 Cards in this Set
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allege
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v. to assert without proof or confirmation
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arrant
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adj. throughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
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badinage
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n. light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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v. to overcome the distrust of, win over, to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
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countermand
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v. to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first.
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echelon
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n. one of a series pf grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement.
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exacerbate
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v. to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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fatuous
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adj. stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way.
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irrefutable
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adj. impossible to disprove; beyond argument.
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juggernaut
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n. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
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lackadaisical
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adj. lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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litany
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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 adj. grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing having death as a subject
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macabre
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n. an inadquate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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paucity
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v. to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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portend
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v. to tear down, destroy completely; to cut out or scrape off or out
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raze
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v. to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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recant
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v. to soak thorough, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
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saturate
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adj. of a gloomu or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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saturine
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v. to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud
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slough
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n. a mire a state of depression
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