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Allege (v) – to assert without proof or confirmation
Syn: claim, contendAnt: prove, deny***dredge up some false information
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Arrant (adj) – thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
Syn: egregious, unmitigated
***apparent
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Badinage (n) – light and playful conversation
Syn: banter, persiflage, reparteeAnt: sermon***banter
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Conciliate (v) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
Syn: placate, mollify, propitiateAnt: antagonize, alienate, estrange***accommodate
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Countermand (v)- to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
Syn: recall, revokeAnt: reaffirm, reassert***counter the command
I don’t care what he told you! I am ordering you to stop and return to base!
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Echelon (n) – one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
Syn: level, rank
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Exacerbate (v) – to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsenAnt: alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate***aggravate
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Fatuous (adj) – stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuousAnt: sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright***doltish
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Irrefutable (adj) – impossible to disprove; beyond argument
Syn: indisputable, undeniableAnt: disputable, indefensible, untenable***can’t be disputed
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Juggernaut (n) – massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
***“that bugger can’t be stopped!”
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Lackadaisical (adj) - lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
Syn: listless, indifferent, laxAnt: energetic, vigorous, wholehearted***lack energy, in a daze
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Litany (n) – a prayer consisting of short appeals to god recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long listSyn: rigmarole, catalog, megillah
***list
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Macabre (adj) – grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish
***massacre
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Paucity (n) – an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
Syn: lackAnt: abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge
***with poverty there’s a paucity of things
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Portend (v) – to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; give advance warning of
Syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest
***predict
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Raze (v) – to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
Syn: pull down, demolish, shave offAnt: build, construct, raise, erect*** opposite of “raise”, razor shaves off hair
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Recant (v) – to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
Syn: repudiate, disavowAnt: reaffirm, reassert***reverse
I’m sorry! I take that back. I didn’t mean it.
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Saturate (v) – to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbueAnt: drain***permeate
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Saturnine (adj) – of gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
Syn: sullen, moroseAnt: lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious***whine
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Slough (v) – to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n) a mire; a state of depression
Syn: shed, slogAnt: take on, acquire, assume*** (v)take off, (n) in a huff