| A | B |
|---|
| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation |
| arrant | thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless; blatant |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first; recall |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization of activity; level or rank |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter 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 |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted |
| litany | any repetitive chant; a long list |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome; horrible |
| paucity | an inadequate quantity, scarcity; dearth |
| portend | to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
| raze | to ear down, destroy completely |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly,fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
| slough | to cast off, discard |
