| A | B |
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| irrefutable | indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable |
| recant | to retract, withdraw, repudiate, disavow |
| saturnine | sullen, morose, surly, gloomy |
| lackadaisical | listless, indolent, indifferent, lax |
| paucity | a scarcity, lack, dearth |
| echelon | a level of command; a steplike formation |
| badinage | banter, persiflage, repartee |
| raze | to pull down, demolish; to shave off |
| juggernaut | a destructive force that is unavoidable |
| exacerbate | to aggravate, intensify, worsen |
| countermand | to reverse, recall, revoke |
| melange | a medley, farrago, potpourri, hodgepodge |
| arrant | out-and-out, thoroughgoing, egregious |
| substantive | solid, firm, substantial; real; major |
| macabre | grotesque, grim, grisly, ghoulish |
| litany | a rigmarole, catalog, megillah |
| fatuous | silly, vapid, inane, doltish, stupid, vacuous |
| allege | to assert, claim, contend |
| portend | to bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest |
| conciliate | to placate, pacify, appease; to reconcile |
| saturate | to permeate, drench, flood, imbue |
| slough | to shed, cast off, discard; to slog |
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