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20 Cards in this Set
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Allege |
(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation. |
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Arrant |
(adj.) shameless, blatant. |
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Badinage |
(n.) light and playful conversation. |
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conciliate |
(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent. |
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Countermand |
(v.) to cancel or reverse an order/command with another that is contrary to the first.
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Echelon |
(n.) one of a series of grades/ranks in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement.
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Exacerbate |
(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful. |
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Fatuous |
(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way. |
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Irrefutable |
(adj.) impossible to disprove, beyond argument.
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Juggernaut |
(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
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Lackadaisical |
(n.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted.
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Litany
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(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.
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Macabre |
(adj.) grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject.
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Paucity |
(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth.
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Portend
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(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of.
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Raze |
(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out.
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Recant |
(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract. |
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Saturate |
(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully. |
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Saturnine |
(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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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
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