Level h unit 6

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abortive
(adjective)failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed

SYN: miscarried, fruitless, premature
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bruit
(verb)to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors

SYN: broadcast, blazon
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contumelious
(adjective) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating

SYN: abusive, scurrilous
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dictum
(noun) a short saying; an authoritative statement

SYN: maxim, aphorism, axiom, precept
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ensconce
(verb) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place

SYN: nestle, lodge, entrench
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iconoclastic
(adjective) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions

SYN: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical
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in medias res
(adverb) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
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internecine
(adjective) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed

SYN: murderous, savage, ruinous
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maladroit
(adjective) lacking in skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment

SYN: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche
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maudlin
(adjective) excessively or effusively sentimental

SYN: mushy, mawkish
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modulate
(verb) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust

SYN: adapt, moderate
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portentous
(adjective) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous

SYN: foreboding, ominous, pretentious
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prescience
(noun) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight

SYN: foreknowledge
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quid pro quo
(noun) something given in exchange or return for something else

SYN: swap, trade
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salubrious
(adjective) conducive to health or well-being; wholesome

SYN: beneficial, healthy, invigorating
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saturnalian
(adjective) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness

SYN: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic
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touchstone
(noun) a means of testing worth or genuineness

SYN: criterion, yardstick, benchmark
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traumatic
(adjective) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage

SYN: jolting
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vitiate
(verb) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of

SYN: degrade, undermine
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waggish
(adjective) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll

SYN: whimsical, jocular
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