| A | B |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation |
| arrant | thorough-going, out-and-out |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| concilliate | to appease, pacify; to reconcile |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse an order with another |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| portend | to give advance warning |
| raze | to tear down, destroy |
| recant | to withdraw a statement, renounce |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition |
| slough | to cast off; to get rid of something unnecessary |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest |
| litany | a long list |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing |
| paucity | an inadequate quantity |
