Week 8 Flashcards
Thoroughgoing, out and out, shameless, blatant
Arrant
To assert without proof or confirmation
Allege
Light and playful conversation
Badinage
To overcome the distrust of; win over; to appease; pacify; to reconcile; make constant
Conciliate
To cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
Countermand
One of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organize military unit; a step like formation or arrangement
Echelon
To make more violent, severe,better or painful
Fatuous
Impossible to disprove, beyond argument
Irrefutable
A massive in 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 the responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; along list
Litany
Grow some horrible distressing; having death as a subject
Macabre
An inadequate, scarcity, dearth
Paucity
To indicate before hand that something is about to happen; to give advice; warning of
Portend
To tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
Raze
