Unit 8 Level G Sadlier-Oxford

John S. (United States of America)
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  1. echelon
    level of authority in a hierarchy
  2. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
  3. badinage
    frivolous banter
  4. allege
    report or maintain
  5. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  6. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  7. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  8. exacerbate
    make worse
  9. conciliate
    gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
  10. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  11. countermand
    cancel officially
  12. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  13. litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  14. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  15. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  16. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  17. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  18. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  19. portend
    indicate by signs
  20. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  21. saturate
    infuse or fill completely
  22. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Created on Tue Dec 04 12:02:28 EST 2012

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