vocab unit 8

Question 1

to assert without proof or confirmation

Answer 1

allege

Question 2

syn: contend

Answer 2

allege

Question 3

ant: prove

Answer 3

allege

Question 4

thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

Answer 4

arrant

Question 5

syn: egregious, unmitigated

Answer 5

arrant

Question 6

light and playful conversation

Answer 6

badinage

Question 7

syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

Answer 7

badinage

Question 8

ant: sermon

Answer 8

badinage

Question 9

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

Answer 9

conciliate

Question 10

syn: mollify, propitiate

Answer 10

conciliate

Question 11

ant: anttagonize, alienate, estrange

Answer 11

conciliate

Question 12

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

Answer 12

countermand

Question 13

syn: recall, revoke

Answer 13

countermand

Question 14

ant: reaffirm, reassert

Answer 14

countermand

Question 15

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

Answer 15

echelon

Question 16

syn: rank

Answer 16

echelon

Question 17

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Answer 17

exacerbate

Question 18

syn: intensify, worsen

Answer 18

exacerbate

Question 19

ant: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

Answer 19

exacerbate

Question 20

foolish in a self-satisfied way

Answer 20

fatuous

Question 21

syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

Answer 21

fatuous

Question 22

ant: intelligent, perceptive, bright

Answer 22

fatuous

Question 23

impossible to disprove; beyond argument

Answer 23

irrefutable

Question 24

syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

Answer 24

irrefutable

Question 25

ant: disputable, indefensible, untenable

Answer 25

irrefutable

Question 26

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

Answer 26

irrefutable

Question 27

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

Answer 27

juggernaut

Question 28

lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

Answer 28

lackadaisical

Question 29

a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

Answer 29

litany

Question 30

syn: catalog, megillah

Answer 30

litany

Question 31

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

Answer 31

macabre

Question 32

syn: grim, ghoulish

Answer 32

macabre

Question 33

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Answer 33

paucity

Question 34

syn: lack

Answer 34

paucity

Question 35

ant: glut, plenitude, deluge

Answer 35

paucity

Question 36

to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

Answer 36

portend

Question 37

syn: bode, foretell, suggest

Answer 37

portend

Question 38

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

Answer 38

raze

Question 39

syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

Answer 39

raze

Question 40

ant: build, construct, raise, erect

Answer 40

raze

Question 41

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

Answer 41

recant

Question 42

syn: repudiate, disavow

Answer 42

recant

Question 43

ant: reassert

Answer 43

recant

Question 44

to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

Answer 44

saturate

Question 45

syn: drench, flood, imbue

Answer 45

saturate

Question 46

ant: drain

Answer 46

saturate

Question 47

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

Answer 47

saturnine

Question 48

syn: morose

Answer 48

saturnine

Question 49

ant: cheerful, vivacious

Answer 49

saturnine

Question 50

to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud

Answer 50

slough

Question 51

syn: shed, slog

Answer 51

ant: take on, acquire, assume

Question 52

a mire; a state of depression

Answer 52

slough