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20 Cards in this Set

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to assert without proof or confirmation
allege
thoroughgoing, out and out, shameless, blatant
arrant
light and playful conversation
badinage
to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
conciliate
to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
countermand
one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
echelon
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
exacerbate
stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
fatuous
impossible to disprove; beyond argument
irrefutable
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
juggernaut
lacking spirit or interest, half hearted
lackadaisical
a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congragation; any repetive chant; a long list
litany
grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing, having death as a subject
macabre
an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
paucity
to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, to give advance warning to
portend
to tear down, destory completely; to cut or scrape off or out
raze
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
recant
to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisify fully
saturate
of a gloomy or surly disposition, cold or sluggish in mood
saturnine
to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mudl a mire; a state of depression
slough