Vocab 7 Flashcards
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Conciliate
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Win over, to appease
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Arrant
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Shameless, blatant
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Echelon
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One of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement.
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Exacerbate
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To make more violent, severe, bitter, painful.
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Fatuous
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Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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Juggernaut
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A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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Lackadaisical
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Lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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Macabre
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Grisly, gruesome; horrible distressing; having death as an subject
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Portend
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To indicate before hand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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Recant
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To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed
