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Vocab Workshop H6
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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abortive | adj. Failing to accomplish an intended purpose |
bruit | v. to spread news or rumors |
contumelious | adj. insolent or rude |
dictum | n. a short saying |
ensconce | v. to settle comfortably in position |
iconoclastic | adj. attacking poular beliefs |
in medias res | adv. into the middle of things |
internecine | adj. mutually destructive |
maladroit | adj. lacking skill |
maudlin | adj. excessively sentimental |
modulate | v. to change intensity or pitch |
portentous | adj. foreshadowing an event to come |
prescience | n. knowledge of events before they happen |
quid pro quo | n. something for something |
salubrious | adj. conductive to health or well-being |
saturnalian | adj. characterized by unrestrained revelry |
touchstone | n. a means of testing worth |
traumatic | adj. shocking to the emotions to cause psychological damage |
vitiate | v. to weaken |
waggish | adj. fond of making jokes |