List 8

Question 1

Allege

Answer 1

(v) to assert without proof

Question 2

Arrant

Answer 2

(adj) shameless; blatant

Question 3

Badinage

Answer 3

(n) light and playful conversation

Question 4

Countermand

Answer 4

(v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

Question 5

Echelon

Answer 5

(n) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement

Question 6

Exacerbate

Answer 6

(v) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Question 7

Fatuous

Answer 7

(adj) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

Question 8

Lackadaisical

Answer 8

(adj) lacking sport or interest; half-hearted

Question 9

Litany

Answer 9

(a) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation l; any repetitive chant; a long list

Question 10

Macabre

Answer 10

(adj) grisly or gruesome; distressing; having death as a subject

Question 11

Portend

Answer 11

(v) to foreshadow

Question 12

Raze

Answer 12

(v) to tear down; to destroy completely

Question 13

Saturnine

Answer 13

(adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Question 14

Slough

Answer 14

(v) to cast off or discard; to get rid of something objectionable; to plod through
(n) a mire, a state of depression

Question 15

Paucity

Answer 15

(n) an inadequate quantity