unit 8 (SO)
Terms
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- allege
- v. claim, contend ant. prove deny
- arrant
- adj. shameless, blatant, egregious, unmitigated
- badinage
- n. banter, persiflage, repartee ant. sermon
- conciliate
- v. reconcile, appease, pacify, placate, mollify, propitiate
- countermand
- v. recall, revoke ant. reaffirm, reassert
- echelon
- n. level, rank
- exacerbate
- v. aggravate, intensify, worsen ant. alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate
- fatuous
- adj. silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous ant. sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright
- irrefutable
- adj. indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable ant. disputable, indefensible, untenable
- juggernaut
- n. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes anything
- lackadaisical
- adj. halfhearted, listless, indolent, indifferent, lax ant. energetic, vigorous, wholehearted
- litany
- n. long list, repetitive chant, rigmarole, catalog, megillah
- macabre
- adj. grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing, grotesque, grim, ghoulish
- paucity
- n. scarcity, dearth, lack ant. abundance, glut, penitude, deluge
- portend
- v. bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest
- raze
- pull down, demolish, shave off ant. build, construct, raise, erect
- recant
- v. renounce, retract, repudiate, disavow ant. reaffirm, reassert
- saturate
- permeate, drench, flood, imbue ant. drain
- saturnine
- adj. sullen, morose ant. lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious
- slough
- v. discard, shed, slog ant. take on, acquire, assume n. a mire, deep state of depression