(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation

Syn:claim, contend

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant

Syn: egregious, unmitigated

(n.) light and playful conversation

Syn: banter, persiflage, repartee

(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent

Syn: placate, mollify, propitiate

(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

Syn: recall, revoke

(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement

Syn: level, rank

(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

Syn: aggravate, intensify, worsen

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

Syn: silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous

(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument

Syn: indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

Syn: listless, indolent, indifferent, lax

(n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list

Syn: rigmarole, catalog

(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

Syn: grotesque, grim, ghoulish

(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

Syn: lack

(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of

Syn: bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest

(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out

Syn: pull down, demolish, shave off

(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

Syn: repudiate, disavow

(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

Syn: permeate, drench, flood, imbue

(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

Syn: sullen, morose

(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, slog