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VW Unit 8
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02/14/2006

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allege
Definition
(V) to assert without proof or confirmation
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arrant
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(ADJ) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
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badinage
Definition
(N) light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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(V) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
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countermand
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(V) 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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(N) one of a series of grades in an organization or field activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
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exacerbate
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(V) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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fatuous
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(ADJ) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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irrefutable
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(ADJ) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
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juggernaut
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(N) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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lackadaisical
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(ADJ) lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted
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litany
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(N) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader, then congregation; a list
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macabre
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(ADJ) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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paucity
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(N) in inadaquate quantity, scarcity, dearth
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portend
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(V) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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raze
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(V) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
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recant
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(V) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
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saturate
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(V) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
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saturnine
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(ADJ) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
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slough
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(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
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