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Vocab Workshop H6
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level H Unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |