| A | B |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation |
| arrant | shameless, blatant |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of, win over; to reconcile |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, or painful |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove beyond argument |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
