Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 8
Word List
- allege
(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation - lackadaisical
(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted - arrant
(adj.) thoroughgoing, out–and–out; shameless, blatant - litany
(n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list - badinage
(n.) light and playful conversation - macabre
(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject - conciliate
(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent - paucity
(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth - countermand
(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first - portend
(v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of - echelon
(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement - raze
(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out - exacerbate
(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful - recant
(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract - fatuous
(adj.) foolish in a self–satisfied way - saturate
(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully - irrefutable
(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument - saturnine
(adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood - juggernaut
(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path - slough
(v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression