Setzer - AP Comp. - Unit 8
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| 139927522 | allege | (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation | |
| 139927523 | arrant | (adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant | |
| 139927524 | badinage | (n.) light and playful conversation | |
| 139927525 | conciliate | (v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify, to reconcile, make consistent | |
| 139927526 | countermand | (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first | |
| 139927527 | echelon | (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement | |
| 139927528 | exacerbate | (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful | |
| 139927529 | fatuous | (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way | |
| 139927530 | irrefutable | (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument | |
| 139927531 | juggernaut | (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path | |
| 139927532 | lackadaisical | (adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted | |
| 139927533 | litany | (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list | |
| 139927534 | macabre | (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject | |
| 140989828 | melange | (n.) a mixture; a hodgepodge | |
| 139927535 | paucity | (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth | |
| 139927536 | portend | (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of | |
| 139927537 | raze | (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out | |
| 139927538 | recant | (v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract | |
| 139927539 | saturate | (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully | |
| 139927540 | saturnine | (adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood | |
| 139927541 | slough | (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression | |
| 140990832 | substantive | (adj.) pertaining to the essence or substance of something; existing in its own right; real, not apparent; solid; of major importance |