Vocab G Unit 8

To assert without proof or confirmation

• allege
• conciliate
• exacerbate
• juggernaut

badinage

• game played with racquet and net
• extra baggage
• playful conversation
• the leader of the festivities

to cancel or reverse an order

• conciliate
• countermand
• irrefutable
• macabre

an inadequate quantity

• paucity
• raze
• litany
• saturnine

slough

• a slow moving mammal 
• feeding spot for cows and horses
• to cast off or disregard
• outcast from society

I was in a deep ___ after losing the biggest game of my high school career and didn't even want to get out of bed.

• slough

• paucity

• portend

• saturnine

The rain was so heavy that it began to ___ through my clothes.

• raze
• juggernaut
• saturate
• fatuous

shameless, blatent

• slough
• arrant
• echelon
• irrefutable

Which version is spelled correctly?

• lacadaisical
• lackadaisical
• lakidaisical
• lackidaisicle 

Which author is known for their macabre style and subject matter?

• Dr. Seuss
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• J.K Rowling