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claim or assert without proof or confirmation of the case
ex.)he alleged that he had been assaulted |
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1. complete, utter, thoroughgoing
ex.)what arrant nonsense!
2. shameless, blatant
ex.)an arrant fool |
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| badinage (bayh-deh-nahge) |
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| humorous, light or witty conversation |
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| conciliate(con-sil-ee-ate) |
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1. to overcome the distrust of, win over
ex.)to conciliate the enemy
2. to appease, pacify
3. to reconcile, make consistent |
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revoke, to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
ex.)countermanded previous instructions |
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1. a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society; one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity
2. an organized military unit
3. a steplike formation or arrangement |
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make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse; to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
ex.)the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain |
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silly and foolish in a self-satisfied way
ex.)a fatuous remark |
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impossible to be denied or disproved; beyond argument
ex.)an irrefutable alibi |
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a huge, powerful, inescapable and overwhelming force or institution that crushes whatever is in its path
ex.)the juggernaut of war |
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| lackadaisical (lack-ah-day-seh-cal) |
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| lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy; lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
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1. a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with response from the congregation
2. 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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| completely destroy; to tear down |
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract, especially an opinion considered heretical
ex.)heretics were burned if they would not recant |
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to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
ex.)a sponge that is saturate with water |
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| saturnine (sayh-tur-nine) |
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or gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
ex.)a saturnine temperament |
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| to cast off; discard; get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary |
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| substantive (sub-sten-tive) |
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1. having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; solid, or major importance
ex.)there is no substantive evidence for the efficacy of these drugs
2. having a separate and independent existence; existing in its own right |
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