Unit+8

=Vocabulary Unit 8!= 1.) Gregory Viola - allege (v.):to assert without proof or confirmation The superheroes were beginning to fully allege that Barack Obama was not born in the United States, and stating that he was not a United States citizen.

1. Amanda Vankirk- allege(v) - to assert without proof or confirmation. The manger alleged that the customer was planning to shoplift, but he had no proof, only suspicions. 2. Francesca Macrina- arrant(adj): thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blantant //The __arrant__ way those girls were flirting with her boyfriend made Maria extremely jealous.//

3. Jamie Cristinzio; badinage (n.)- light and playful conversation

//The girls were involved in a __badinage__ about boys and makeup while waiting for the bus to arrive.// 4) Austin Kopfle; conciliate- (v) to overcome the distrust of, to win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent //The two business partners conciliated with a firm handshake, openly showing their trust in each other.//

5) Bridget Parker; Countermand- (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first //Triton's new dress code this year __countermanded__ past lectures about how hoodies and flip flops were dangerous to wear during school.// 6)jimmy barnett; Echelon (n.)- one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement //In the revolutionary war, the Britan's echelon style of fighting caused them to always stay in formation no matter what enemy was coming at them//. 7) Marcus Smith; Exacerbate (v)- to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful //Calling someone an idiot in the middle of an argument is sure to __exacerbate__ the whole argument.// 8) Meghan Gladue; Fatuous- (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way //The girl had the __fatuous__ notion that her vocabulary word meant something ridiculously incorrect.//

9.) Deep Patel- Irrefutable (adj.)- impossible to disprove; beyond argument //The big man's statement wasn't irrefutable, but people were too afraid to argue.//

10.) Shane Gotthold; juggernaut(n.)- a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path His name was //__Juggernaut__// because he crushed anything that was in his way.

11) Rachel Royal; Lackadaisical=(adj) lacking spirit or interest, half hearted //The __lackadasical__ turtle gave up trying to flip himself over and just waited for the wind.//

12.) Brittany Harlow - litany - any repetitive chant, a long list; a prayer consisting of short appeals to god, with alternating responses form the congregation As the priest asked, "Will all of you witnessing these promises do all in your power to uphold these two persons in their marriage?", the crowd responded in a __**litany**__ of "we will"s.

13) Dylan Meyler: Macabre- (adj) grisly,gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject The deaths of many in the gas chambers during world war 2 are to macabre to even imagine. 13) Allison Nye: Macabre-(adj) gruesome, horrible; having death as the subject The explosion of the carrier ship was much too __//macabre//__ for people too even talk about right away after it happened.

14.) Angela Longo; Paucity: (n.) An inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth //Because of the __paucity__ of food, the children's mother suggested the children stand outside with their empty bowls and ask for supper.//

15) Samantha Funk-portend (n.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of //By looking at the satellite picture, the meteorologists could __portend__ the hurricane.//

16. Megan Millisky--raze (v.) To tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out //The town __razed__ the vacant building to make room for a new park.//

16. Leeza Duller: **Raze** (v) - To tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out.



//A great fire __razed__ most of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1894.//

17. Kayla Meyermann - recant (v) =to withdraw a repudate formally and publically //After pleading innocent to the crime of murdering his wife, the man recanted his plea in order to avoid the death penalty.//

17. Gina Pepe - recant(v)-to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract



The teacher knew the boy was lying when he __recanted__ his statement that about spending the class period at the nurse after already saying he was in the bathroom.

18. Angela Martorano - saturate(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity: to satisfy fully //When you go on Kali River Rapids in Disney World you are dry, but when you come off you are __saturated__.// //--//

18.) Jordan Mullan: saturate (v.)- to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity: to satisfy fully. //After walking home from school in the rain, the young girls clothes soon became saturated.// 19. Steph Dilolle / **saturnine:** [adj] of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish //Eeyore was often in a __saturnine__ mood after he lost his detachable tail.// //--// //20.)// Anthony Nimmo/ slough:(v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod though as if though mud;(n.) a mire; a state of depression //The man was in a slough when he lost a game of Call of Duty.//