Unit 8 Flashcards
Arrant
S: egregious unmitigated
(adj.) throughgoing, out and out, shameless, blatant
Badinage
S: banter repartee
(n.) light and playful conversation
A: sermon
Conciliate
S: mollify propitiate
(V.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
A: antagonise alienate estrange
Countermand
S: recall revoke
(V.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
A: reaffirm reassert
Echelon
S: level rank
(N.) One of a series of grades in an organisation or field of activity; and organised military unit; as step like formation or arrangement
Exacerbate
S: aggravate intensify worsen
(V.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
A: alleviate mitigate
Fatuous
S: silly vapid inane
(Adj.) stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way
A: sensible intelligent bright
Allege
S: claim contend
(V.) to assert with proof or confirmation
A: prove deny
Irrefutable
S: indisputable undeniable
(Adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
A: disputable
Juggernaut
(N.) A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
Lackadaisical
S: listless indifferent lax
(Adj.) lacking spirit or interest, half hearted
A: energetic vigourous
Litany
S: catalogue Megillah
(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
Macabre
S: grotesque Grim
(Adj.) grizzly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
Paucity
S: lack
(N.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
A: abundance
Portend
S: Bode foreshadow suggest
(V.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
Raze
S: call down shave off demolish
(V.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
A: build construct raise
Recant
S: disavow repudiate
(V.) to withdraw a statement or a belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
A: reaffirm reassert
Saturate
S: permeate drench flood
(V.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
A: drain
Saturnine
S: sullen morose
(Adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
A: light-hearted cheerful
Slough
S: (v.) shed slog
(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
A: (v.) take on, acquire, assume
