WCHS Unit 6-H
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| abortive | (adj) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed
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| bruit | (v) to spread news, reports, or unsubstaniated rumors
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| contumelious | (adj) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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| dictum | (n) a short saying; an authoritative statement
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| ensconce | (v) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
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| iconoclastic | (adj) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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| in medias res | (adv) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
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| internecine | (adj) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
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| maladroit | (adj) lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception or judgment
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| maudlin | (adj) excesively or effusively sentimental
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| modulate | (v) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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| portentous | (adj) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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| prescience | (n) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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| quid pro quo | (n) something given in exchange or return for something else
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| salubrious | (adj) conductive to health or well-being; wholesome
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| saturnalian | (adj) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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| touchstone | (n) a means of testing worth or genuieness
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| tramatic | (adj) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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| vitiate | (v) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to imapir the quality or value of
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| waggish | (adj) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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