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Vocabulary 8 (Definitions)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To Assert as true without proof or positiveness

a)

Allege

b)

Paucity

c)

Slough

d)

Conciliate

2.

Glaringly obvious, outright, blatant

a)

Irrefutable

b)

Arrant

c)

Raze

d)

Juggernaut

3.

Light or playful banter or teasing during conversation

a)

Fatuous

b)

Litany

c)

Badinage

d)

Echelon

4.

To win or overcome the distrust of another

a)

Conciliate

b)

Lackadaisical

c)

Irrefutable

d)

Portend

5.

To cancel or reverse a previous command

a)

Macabre

b)

Recant

c)

Countermand

d)

Saturnine

6.

A level of authority or command in an organization like the military

a)

Slough

b)

Exacerbate

c)

Allege

d)

Echelon

7.

To increase the bitterness or pain of something

a)

Exacerbate

b)

Fatuous

c)

Recant

d)

Raze

8.

Foolish or stupid

a)

Irrefutable

b)

Litany

c)

Fatuous

d)

Paucity

9.

Cannot be disproved or argued against

a)

Juggernaut

b)

Portent

c)

Irrefutable

d)

Auction

10.

A massive, overpowering destructive force that crushes everything in its way

a)

Juggernaut

b)

Regulation

c)

Litany

d)

Saturate

11.

Without spirit or interest

a)
Excitement
b)
Enthusiasm
c)

Lackadaisical

d)
Joylessness
12.

A recital of prayers in response to a leader; A long or drawn-out account

a)

litany

b)
narrative
c)
prayer
d)
chant
13.

Gruesome or horribly or dealing with death

a)
lighthearted
b)
macabre
c)
joyful
d)
cheerful
14.

Smallness of number or scarce

a)

Paucity

b)
overflow
c)
plenty
d)
abundance
15.

To foreshadow or warn in advance

a)
predict
b)
anticipate
c)
foresee
d)

portend

16.

To tear down to the ground or completely destroy

a)
construct
b)
build
c)
create
d)

raze

17.

To withdraw one's belief or statement formally

a)
affirm
b)
confirm
c)
support
d)

recant

18.

To soak or fill to capacity

a)
drench
b)
flood
c)
fill
d)
saturate
19.

A gloomy or sullen mood

a)
joyful
b)
ecstatic
c)

saturnine

d)
content
20.

To shed or cast off

a)
grow
b)
accumulate
c)

slough

d)
develop