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| to assert without proof or confirmation |
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| thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant |
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| light and playful conversation |
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| to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent |
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| to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
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| one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |
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| to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |
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| stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
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| impossible to disprove; beyond argument |
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| a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
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| lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
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| a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
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| grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
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| an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
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| to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
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| to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |
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| to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
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| to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
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| of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
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| to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud |
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| a mire; a state of depression |
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