Vocab 8 review

Slough Portend Litany Exacerbate

Countermand Allege Recant Paucity

Arrant Badinage Lackadaisical Fatuous

Irrefutable Juggernaut Macabre Saturnine

Saturate Raze Echelon Conciliate

To cancel or reverse one

order or command with

another that is contrary to

the first;

- recall, revoke

COUNTERMA

ND

One of a series of grades in

an organization or field of

activity; hierarchy

- level, rank; a step like

formation

ECHELON

Lacking in spirit or interest;

halfhearted

- listless, indifferent, lax,

LAZY

LACKADAISIC

AL

A prayer consisting of

short appeals in a

repetitive chant;

A long list

- rigmarole, catalog

LITANY

To overcome the distrust

of; win over; to appease,

pacify

- to reconcile or placate

CONCILIATE

To assert without proof or

confirmation

- claim, content

ALLEGE

Stupid or foolish in a self-

satisfied way

- silly, vapid, inane

FATUOUS

Light and playful

conversation;

- banter, repartee

BADINAGE

Thoroughgoing, out-and-

out; shameless, blatant

- egregious, unmitigated

ARRANT

To make more violent,

severe, bitter or painful

- aggravate, intensify,

worsen

EXACERBATE

Impossible to disprove;

beyond argument

- indisputable, undeniable

IRREFUTABLE

To tear down, destroy

completely; to demolish

- pull down

RAZE

A massive and inescapable

force or object that

crushes whatever is in its

path

JUGGERNAU

T

To cast off, discard; get rid

of something

objectionable or

unnecessary; mire

- shed, slog

SLOUGH

To soak thoroughly, fill to

capacity; to satisfy fully

- permeate, drench, flood

SATURATE

An inadequate quantity;

scarcity, dearth

- lacking

PAUCITY

Grisly, gruesome, horrible,

distressing; having death

as a subject

- grotesque, grim, ghoulish

MACABRE

To indicate beforehand that

something is about to

happen; to give advance

warning of

- bode, predict, foreshadow

PORTEN

D

To withdraw a statement or

belief; renounce, retract

- disavow, repudiate

RECANT

Of a gloomy disposition,

surly;

cold or sluggish in mood

- sullen, morose

SATURNIN

E