| A | B |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof |
| arrant | blatant; shameless |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| conciliate | win over; appease, pacify, reconcile |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse an order |
| echelon | a steplike formation or arrangement |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, painful or severe |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove |
| juggernaut | massive force which crushes anything in path |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest |
| litany | short prayers; repetitive chants; long list |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome, horrible |
| paucity | scarcity; dearth |
| portend | advance warning of an event |
| raze | to tear down; destroy |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief previously held |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition |
| slough | to cast off; discard; get rid of |
