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Vocab. Unit 8
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10th Grade
06/20/2009
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allege
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to claim without proof
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arrant
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shameless
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badinage
 Definition
light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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to overcome the distrust of
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countermand
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to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
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echelon
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level, rank
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exacerbate
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to make more violent, aggravate
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fatuous
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stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way; silly
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irrefutable
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impossible to disprove
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juggernaut
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an object that crushes everything in its path
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lackadaisical
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lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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litany
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a long list
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macabre
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goulish
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paucity
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lack
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portend
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foretell, foreshadow
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raze
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pull down, demolish
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recant
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withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed
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saturate
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to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
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saturnine
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cold or sluggish in mood
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slough
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discard
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