Level G Unit 8 Q&A
Allege - (correct answer)(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
Arrant - (correct answer)(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
Badinage - (correct answer)(n.) light and playful conversation
Conciliate - (correct answer)(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease,
pacify, to reconcile, make consistent
Countermand - (correct answer)(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with
another that is contrary to the first
Echelon - (correct answer)(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of
activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement
Exacerbate - (correct answer)(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
Fatuous - (correct answer)(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
Irrefutable - (correct answer)(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
Juggernaut - (correct answer)(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that
crushes whatever is in its path
Lackadaisical - (correct answer)(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
Litany - (correct answer)(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
Allege - (correct answer)(v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
Arrant - (correct answer)(adj.) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant
Badinage - (correct answer)(n.) light and playful conversation
Conciliate - (correct answer)(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease,
pacify, to reconcile, make consistent
Countermand - (correct answer)(v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with
another that is contrary to the first
Echelon - (correct answer)(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of
activity; an organized military unit; a step-like formation or arrangement
Exacerbate - (correct answer)(v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter or painful
Fatuous - (correct answer)(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
Irrefutable - (correct answer)(adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
Juggernaut - (correct answer)(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that
crushes whatever is in its path
Lackadaisical - (correct answer)(adj.) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
Litany - (correct answer)(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
