AP Language Vocabulary 8 Flashcards

Vocabulary from Unit 8.

866819497	allege	(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation	0
294666589	arrant	(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant	1
294666590	badinage	(n.) light and playful conversation	2
784936354	conciliate	(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent	3
784936355	countermand	(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first	4
111514577	echelon	(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement	5
111514579	exacerbate	(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful	6
111514580	fatuous	(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way	7
193066659	irrefutable	(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument	8
193066660	juggernaut	(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path	9
193066661	lackadaisical	(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted	10
247378717	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	11
247378718	macabre	(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject	12
694371208	paucity	(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth	13
694371209	portend	(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of	14
694371210	raze	(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out	15
896555489	recant	(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract	16
896555490	saturate	(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully	17
896555491	saturnine	(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood	18
103699345	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	19