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allege
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to assert without proof or confirmation
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arrant
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throughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
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badinage
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light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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to voercome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify
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countermind
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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 activity; an organized military unit
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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 inescapeable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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lackadaisical
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lacking in spirit or interest, halfhearted
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litany
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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leaderalternating with responces from the congregation; any repetitive chant
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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
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raze
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to tear down, destroy completely
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recant
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has been committed, renounce, retract
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saturate
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to soak thouroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy
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saturnine
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of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold
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slough
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to cast off, discard; to get rid of something considered unnecessary; to plod through as if in state of depression
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