Sadlier Level G Unit 8

(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation (syn.) claim, contend (ant.) prove, deny

• allege

• conciliate

• exacerbate

• portend

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant (syn.) egregious, unmitigated

• macabre

• lackadaisical

• arrant

• irrefutable

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(n.) light and playful conversation (syn.) banter, persiflage, repartee (ant.) sermon

• echelon

• badinage

• litany

• juggernaut

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent (syn.) placate, mollify, propitiate (ant.) antagonize, alienate, estrange

• slough

• portend

• countermand

• conciliate

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CCSS.L.3.2F

(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first (syn.) recall, revoke (ant.) reaffirm, reassert

• countermand

• saturate

• recant

• exacerbate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement (syn.) level, rank

• badinage

• litany

• echelon

• paucity

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful (syn.) aggravate, intensify, worsen (ant.) alleviate, mitigate, ameliorate

• countermand

• exacerbate

• allege

• raze

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way (syn.) silly, vapid, inane, doltish, vacuous (ant.) sensible, intelligent, perceptive, bright

• saturnine

• lackadaisical

• irrefutable

• fatuous

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument (syn.) indisputable, incontrovertible, undeniable (ant.) disputable, indefensible, untenable

• saturnine

• arrant

• macabre

• irrefutable

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

• juggernaut

• litany

• badinage

• echelon

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E