Sadlier Oxford Unit 8 Vocabulary Level G

Front 1

'echelon

Back 1

one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement (n.)

Front 2

irre'futable

Back 2

that cannot be disproved; beyond argument (adj.)

Front 3

badi'nage

Back 3

light and plyaful conversation (n.)

Front 4

a'llege

Back 4

to assert without proof or confirmation (v.)

Front 5

'fatuous

Back 5

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way (adj.)

Front 6

lacka'daisical

Back 6

lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted (adj.)

Front 7

'juggernaut

Back 7

a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path (n.)

Front 8

exa'cerbate

Back 8

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful (v.)

Front 9

con'ciliate

Back 9

to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent (v.)

Front 10

'arrant

Back 10

thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant (adj.)

Front 11

'countermand

Back 11

to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first (v.)

Front 12

'saturnine

Back 12

of gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood (adj.)

Front 13

'litany

Back 13

a prayer consistign of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list (n.)

Front 14

ma'cabre

Back 14

grisly, gruesome; bhorrible, distressing; having death as a subject (adj.)

Front 15

'substantive

Back 15

pertaining to the essence or substance of something; existing in its own right; real, not apparent; solid; of major importance (adj.)

Front 16

re'cant

Back 16

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously bee committed, renounce, retract (v.)

Front 17

'paucity

Back 17

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth (n.)

Front 18

raze

Back 18

to tear down,d estroy completely; tocut or scrape off or out (v.)

Front 19

por'tend

Back 19

to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of (v.)

Front 20

me'lange

Back 20

a mixture, medley (n.)

Front 21

'saturate

Back 21

to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully (v.)

Front 22

slough

Back 22

to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessar; to plod through or as if through mud; (v.) a mire; a state of depression (n.)