| A | B |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof |
| arrant | thoroughgoing, out and out |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse an order |
| echelon | on of a series of grades in an organization |
| exacerbate | to make more violent |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest |
| litany | a prayer of appeals; a list |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome |
| paucity | an inaedquate quantity |
| portend | to indicate beforehand; warning |
| raze | to tear down |
| recant | to withdraw a statement |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition |
| slough | to cast off, discard |
