vocab 8

Question 1

to assert without proof or confirmation

Answer 1

allege

Question 2

through going; shameless blatant

Answer 2

arrant

Question 3

light and playful conversation

Answer 3

badinage

Question 4

to overcome the distrust of, win over; to reconcile

Answer 4

conciliate

Question 5

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

Answer 5

countermand

Question 6

one of a series of grades in and organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; rank, level

Answer 6

echelon

Question 7

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Answer 7

exacerbate

Question 8

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

Answer 8

fatuous

Question 9

impossible to disprove

Answer 9

irrefutable

Question 10

a massive and inescapable forcer or object that crushes whatever is in its path

Answer 10

juggernut

Question 11

lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

Answer 11

lackadaisical

Question 12

a long list; a repetitive chant

Answer 12

litany

Question 13

grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Answer 13

macabre

Question 14

an inadequate quantity, scarcity

Answer 14

paucity

Question 15

to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advanced warning

Answer 15

portend

Question 16

to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

Answer 16

raze

Question 17

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

Answer 17

recant

Question 18

to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity, to satisfy fully

Answer 18

saturate

Question 19

of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Answer 19

saturnine

Question 20

to cast off, discard; to plod through as if in mud

Answer 20

slough