Unit 8 Level G Vocab

	to assert without proof or confirmation
	thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
	light and playful conversation
	to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
	to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
	one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
	to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
	stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
	impossible to disprove; beyond argument
	a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
	lacking spirit or interest, half-hearted
	a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
	grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
	an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
	to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, to give advance warning of
	to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
	to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
	to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
	of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
	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