Vocab Quiz 5 Flashcards
to tear down
destroy completely
to cut or scrape off or out
raze
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
exacerbate
to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
countermand
extremely cautious hesitant or slow
chary
secret agreement
collusion
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
juggernaut
to soak throughly
fill to compacity
saturate
an authoritative command
to issue an order
mandate
to cast off
discard
slough
to assert without proof or confirmation
allege
an enlargement
increase
addition
increment
impossible to disprove
beyond argument
irrefutable
grisly
gruesome
horrible
having death as a subject
macabre
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed
recant
a repetitive chant
litany
