Unit 6
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| abortive | failing to accomplish, only partially
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| bruit | to spread news, rumors
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| contumelious | rude in speech or behavior
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| dictum | a short saying, authoritative statement
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| ensconce | put or hide in a safe place
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| iconoclastic | attacking popular beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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| inmediasres | in or in the middle of a plot
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| internecine | mutually distructive
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| maladroit | lacking in skill or dexterity
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| maudlin | excessively or effusively sentimental
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| modulate | change or vary the intensity or pitch
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| portentous | foreshadowing an event to come
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| prescience | knowledge of events before they happen
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| quid pro quo | something given in exchange or return for something else
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| salubrious | conductive to health or well-being
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| saturnalian | characterized by unrestrained revelry
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| touchstone | a means of testing worth or genuineness
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| traumatic | shocking the emotions causing lasting psychological damage
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| vitiate | to weaken, to impair the quality or value of
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| waggish | fond of making jokes
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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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