Vocabulary G: Unit 8

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Vocabulary G Unit 8

• An Introduction

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allege

• Verb
• to assert without proof or confirmation
• S claim, contend
• A prove, deny

• At his trial, the witness alleged that the
  innocent defendant was the man who committed the
  crime.

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arrant

• Adjective
• D
• S egregious, unmitigated

• The crazed fan made an arrant attempt to get
  Beyonces attention.

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badinage

• The girlfriend dragged her boyfriend away from
  the other girl by his ear even though he was only
  engaging in harmless badinage.

• Noun
• D
• S banter, persiflage, repartee
• A sermon

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conciliate

• Verb
• D
• S placate, mollify, propitiate
• A antagonize, alienate, estrange

• She really conciliated the her boss after he
  yelled at her with his favorite dessert.

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countermand

• The professor countermanded his earlier deadline
  by postponing the exam until the following day.

• Verb
• D
• S recall, revoke
• A reaffirm, reassert

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echelon

• Noun
• D
• S level, rank

• The freshman are definitely in the lower echelon
  of high school society.

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exacerbate

• Verb
• D
• S aggravate, intensify, worsen
• A alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

• Scratching your rash will only exacerbate it.

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fatuous

• I hate it when fatuous people leave their cell
  phones on in the movie theater even after the
  reminder.

• Adjective
• D
• S silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous
• A sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright

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irrefutable

• Adjective
• D
• S indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable
• A disputable, indefensible, untenable

• The boyfriend held up the irrefutable evidence of
  his girlfriends infidelity.

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juggernaut

• The most common juggernaut in the Midwest in the
  tornado or cyclone.

• Noun
• D

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lackadaisical

• Adjective
• D
• S listless, indolent, indifferent, lax
• A energetic, vigorous, wholehearted

• Im so worried my kids are going to be
  lackadaisical about baseball like my husband.

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litany

• Noun
• D
• S rigmarole, catalog

• When my brother was in high school, he got
  extremely tired of my parents litany to get his
  grades up.

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macabre

• Adjective
• D
• S grotesque, grim, ghoulish

• The cover artists first draft of the cover was
  too macabre for little kids.

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paucity

• Noun
• D
• S lack
• A abundance, glut, plenitude, deluge

• During World War II, people in the U.S.
  experienced a paucity of rubber, nylons, and
  sugar.

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portend

• I can always tell when my cat wants to play fetch
  because she portends by crouching and wagging her
  tail.

• Verb
• D
• S bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

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raze

• Before they were razed, the Twin Towers were a
  symbol of American commerce to al-Qaeda.

• Verb
• D
• S pull down, demolish, shave off
• A build, construct, raise, erect

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recant

• Verb
• D
• S repudiate, disavow
• A reaffirm, reassert

• After doing his research paper, the student had
  to recant his stereotypical and prejudicial
  comments about Muslim people.

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saturate

• After the it poured for an entire hour, the field
  was completely saturated.

• Verb
• D
• S permeate, drench, flood, imbue
• A drain

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saturnine

• I wish all of my students had Cs so they didnt
  have to feel so saturnine because they have to
  take the final.

• Adjective
• D
• S sullen, morose
• A lighthearted, cheerful, vivacious

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slough

• Verb
• D
• S shed, slog
• A take on, acquire, assume

• The man sloughed through the mud on Survivor.

• Noun
• D