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Vocab. Lev. H
Unit 6
Word | Definition |
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abortive | failing to accomplish, only partially |
bruit | to spread news, rumors |
contumelious | rude in speech or behavior |
dictum | a short saying, authoritative statement |
ensconce | put or hide in a safe place |
iconoclastic | attacking popular beliefs, ideas, or institutions |
inmediasres | in or in the middle of a plot |
internecine | mutually distructive |
maladroit | lacking in skill or dexterity |
maudlin | excessively or effusively sentimental |
modulate | change or vary the intensity or pitch |
portentous | foreshadowing an event to come |
prescience | knowledge of events before they happen |
quid pro quo | something given in exchange or return for something else |
salubrious | conductive to health or well-being |
saturnalian | characterized by unrestrained revelry |
touchstone | a means of testing worth or genuineness |
traumatic | shocking the emotions causing lasting psychological damage |
vitiate | to weaken, to impair the quality or value of |
waggish | fond of making jokes |