AP Language Vocabulary Unit 8 Flashcards

5999382327	Allege	verb 1. to assert without proof or confirmation	0
5999382328	Arrant	adjective 1. thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant	1
5999382329	Badinage	noun 1. light and playful conversation	2
5999382330	Conciliate	verb 1. to overcome the distrust of, win over 2. to appease, pacify 3. to reconcile, make consistent	3
5999384254	Countermand	verb 1. to cancel or reverse an order 2. to command another order that is contrary to the first	4
5999386048	Echelon	noun 1. one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity 2. a steplike formation or arrangement	5
5999386049	Exacerbate	verb 1. to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful	6
5999386050	Fatuous	adjective 1. stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way	7
5999387915	Irrefutable	adjective 1. impossible to disprove 2. beyond argument	8
5999387916	Juggernaut	noun 1. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path	9
5999387917	Lackadaisical	adjective 1. lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted	10
5999389484	Litany	noun 1. a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader, alternating with response from the congregation 2. any repetitive chant 3. a long list	11
5999389485	Macabre	adjective 1. grisly, gruesome 2. horrible, distressing 3. having death as a subject	12
5999390840	Paucity	noun 1. an inadequate quantity 2. scarcity, lack	13
5999390841	Portend	verb 1. to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen 2. to give advance warning of	14
5999390842	Raze	verb 1. to tear down, destroy completely 2. to cut or scrape off or out	15
5999390870	Recant	verb 1. to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed 2. to renounce, retract	16
5999392346	Saturate	verb 1. to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity 2. to satisfy fully	17
5999392347	Saturnine	adjective 1. of a gloomy or surly disposition 2. cold or sluggish in mood	18
5999392348	Slough	verb 1. to cast off, discard 2. to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary 3. to plod through as if through mud noun 1. a mire 2. a state of depression	19