| A | B |
|---|
| echelon | N: one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or activity |
| irrefutable | A: that cannot be disproved; beyond argument |
| badinage | N: light and playful conversation |
| allege | V: to assert without proof or confirmation |
| fatuous | A: stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted |
| juggernaut | N: a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| exacerbate | V: to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |
| conciliate | V: to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease; to reconcile |
| arrant | A: thoroughgoing, out-and-aout; shameless, blatent |
| countermaid | V: to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
| saturnine | A: of gloomy or surly disposition |
| litany | N: a prayer consisting of short appeals to God; any repitive chant |
| macabre | A: grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
| substantive | A: pertaining to the essence of substance of something; real; solid |
| recant | V: to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| paucity | N: an inadequate quantity, scarcity |
| raze | V: to tear down, destroy completely |
| portend | V: to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen |
| melange | N: a mixture, medley |
| saturate | V: to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity |
| slough | V: to cast off, discard |
