vocab unit 8 Flashcards
to assert without proof or confirmation
allege
syn: contend
allege
ant: prove
allege
thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
arrant
syn: egregious, unmitigated
arrant
light and playful conversation
badinage
syn: banter, persiflage, repartee
badinage
ant: sermon
badinage
to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
conciliate
syn: mollify, propitiate
conciliate
ant: anttagonize, alienate, estrange
conciliate
to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
countermand
syn: recall, revoke
countermand
ant: reaffirm, reassert
countermand
one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
echelon
syn: rank
echelon
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
exacerbate
syn: intensify, worsen
exacerbate
ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate
exacerbate
foolish in a self-satisfied way
fatuous
syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
fatuous
ant: intelligent, perceptive, bright
fatuous
impossible to disprove; beyond argument
irrefutable
syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable
irrefutable
ant: disputable, indefensible, untenable
irrefutable
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
irrefutable
a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
juggernaut
lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
lackadaisical
a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
litany
syn: catalog, megillah
litany
grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
macabre
syn: grim, ghoulish
macabre
an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
paucity
syn: lack
paucity
ant: glut, plenitude, deluge
paucity
to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
portend
syn: bode, foretell, suggest
portend
to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
raze
syn: pull down, demolish, shave off
raze
ant: build, construct, raise, erect
raze
to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
recant
syn: repudiate, disavow
recant
ant: reassert
recant
to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
saturate
syn: drench, flood, imbue
saturate
ant: drain
saturate
of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
saturnine
syn: morose
saturnine
ant: cheerful, vivacious
saturnine
to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud
slough
syn: shed, slog
ant: take on, acquire, assume
a mire; a state of depression
slough
