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Vocab. Lev. H
Unit 6
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |