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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.) thoroughgoing, 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
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countermand
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(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with a nothing that is contrary to the first
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echelon
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(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit
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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 crushed whatever is in its path
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lackadaisical
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(adj.) lacking in 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
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macabre
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(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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paucity
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(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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portend
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(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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raze
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(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
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recant
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(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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saturate
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(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
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saturnine
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(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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slough
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(v.) to cast off, discard
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