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20 Cards in this Set
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Allege |
(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation syn: contend ant: prove |
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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 ant: sermon |
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Conciliate |
(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent syn: mollify, propitiate ant: antagonize, alienate, estrange |
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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 ant: reaffirm, reassert |
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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: rank |
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Exacerbate |
(v.) to make ore violent, severe, bitter, or painful syn: intensify, worsen ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate |
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Fatuous |
(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way syn: intensify, worsen ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate |
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Irrefutable |
(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable ant: disputable, indefensible, untenable |
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Juggernaut |
(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
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Lackadaisical |
(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted syn: indolent, indifferent, lax ant: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted |
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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: catalog, megillah |
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Macabre |
(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject syn: grim, ghoulish |
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Paucity |
(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth syn: lack ant: glut, plenitude, deluge |
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Portend |
(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of syn: bode, foretell, 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 ant: build, construct, raise, erect |
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Recant |
(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract syn: repudiate, disavow ant: reassert |
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Saturate |
(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully syn: drench, flood, imbue ant: drain |
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Saturnine |
(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood syn: morose ant: cheerful, vivacious |
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Slough |
(v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression syn: (v.) shed, slog ant: (v.) to take on, acquire, assume |
