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10 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, 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 of 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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