Vocab 8A

Question 1

allege

Answer 1

to assert without proof or confirmation

Question 2

to assert without proof or confirmation

Answer 2

allege

Question 3

thoroughgoing, out-and-about; shameless, blatant.

Answer 3

arrant

Question 4

arrant

Answer 4

thoroughgoing, out-and-about; shameless, blatant.

Question 5

badinage

Answer 5

light and playful conversation

Question 6

light and playful conversation

Answer 6

badinage

Question 7

conciliate

Answer 7

to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent.

Question 8

to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent.

Answer 8

conciliate

Question 9

countermand

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

countermand

Question 11

echelon

Answer 11

one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step like formation or arrangement.

Question 12

one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step like formation or arrangement.

Answer 12

echelon

Question 13

exacerbate

Answer 13

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful.

Question 14

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful.

Answer 14

exacerbate

Question 15

fatuous

Answer 15

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way.

Question 16

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way.

Answer 16

fatuous

Question 17

irrefutable

Answer 17

impossible to disprove; beyond argument.

Question 18

impossible to disprove; beyond argument.

Answer 18

irrefutable

Question 19

juggernaut

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

juggernaut