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Unit 6 lvl H
| Palabra | Definición | Sinónimo | Antónimo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abortive | failing to accomplish an intended aim/purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed | miscarried, fruitless, premature | successful, realized, consummated |
| Bruit | to spread news/reports/unsubstantiated rumors | noise abroad, broadcast, blazon | cover up, conceal, hush up |
| Contumelious | insolent/rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating | vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating | laudatory, commendatory, deferential |
| Dictum | a short saying; an authoritative statement | maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom | |
| Ensconce | to settle comfortably/firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place | nestle lodge, entrench | unseat, displace, oust |
| Iconoclastic | attacking/seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs/ideas/institutions | image-breaking, irreverent, heretical | orthodox, conservative, reverent |
| In medias res | in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things | ||
| Internecine | mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter & bloodshed | murderous, savage, ruinous | peaceful, harmonious, constructive |
| Maladroit | lacking skill/dexterity; lacking tact, perception or judgement | inept, award, clumsy, gauche | skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful |
| Maudlin | excessively/effusively sentimental | mushy, mawkish | |
| Modulate | to change or vary the intensity/pitch; to temper/soften; to regulate, adjust | adapt, moderate | |
| Portentous | foreshadowing an even to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous | foreboding, ominous, pretentious | auspicious, propitious, encouraging |
| Prescience | knowledge of events/actions before they happen; foresight | foreknowledge | hindsight |
| Quid pro quo | something given in exchange or return for something else | swap, trade | |
| Salubrious | conducive to health/well-being; wholesome | beneficial, healthy, invigorating | harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious |
| Saturnalian | characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry/licentiousness | dissipated, debauched, orgiastic | sedate, prim, decorous, seemly |
| Touchstone | a means of testing worth/genuiness | criterion; yardstick, benchmark | |
| Traumatic | so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting & substantial psychological damage | jolting | soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant |
| Vitiate | to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality/value of | ||
| Waggish | fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous/droll | whimsical, jocular | serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless |
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