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Vocabulary Worksheet - Level G
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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