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