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Abortive

Failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose

Synonyms: miscarried

Antonyms: realized

Bruit

To spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors

Synonyms: noise abroad

Antonyms: cover up

Contumelious

Insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly

Synonyms: vituperative

Antonyms: laudatory

Dictum

A short saying; an authoritative statement

Synonyms: maxim

Ensconce

To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in

Synonyms: lodge

Antonyms: unseat

Iconoclastic

Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions

Synonyms: image-breaking

Antonyms: conservative

In medias res

In or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things

Internecine

Mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter

Synonyms: murderous

Antonyms: peaceful

Maladroit

Lacing skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment

Synonyms: inept

Antonyms: dexterous

Maudlin

Excessively or effusively sentimental

Synonyms: mushy

Modulate

To change or vary the intensity or pitch

Synonyms: adapt

Portentous

Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe

Synonyms: foreboding

Antonyms: auspicious

Insouciant

Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree

Synonyms: blasé

Antonyms: worried

Matrix

A mold; the surrounding situation or environment

Synonyms: pattern

Obsequies

Funeral rites or ceremonies

Synonyms: funeral ceremonies

Panache

A confident and stylish manner, dash

Synonyms: style

Persona

A character in a novel or play

Synonyms: personality

Philippic

A bitter verbal attack

Synonyms: harangue

Antonyms: encomium

Prurient

Having lustful desires or interests

Synonyms: lascivious

Antonyms: prudish

Sacrosanct

Very sacred or holy; inviolable

Systemic

Of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems

Synonyms: extensive

Antonyms: specific

Tendentious

Indented to promote a particulate point of view, doctrine, or cause

Synonyms: partial

Antonyms: fair

Vicissitude

A change, variation, or altercation

Synonyms: fluctuation

Prescience

Knowledge of events or actions before they happen

Synonyms: foreknowledge

Antonyms: hindsight

Quid pro quo

Something given in exchange or return for something else

Synonyms: swap

Salubrious

Conducive to health or well being

Synonyms: healthy

Antonyms: harmful

Satunalian

Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry

Synonyms: dissipated

Antonyms: prim

Touchstone

Means of testing worth or genuineness

Synonyms: criterion

Traumatic

So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage

Synonyms: jolting

Antonyms: soothing

Vitiate

To weaken, debase, or corrupt;

Synonyms: degrade

Antonyms: purify

Waggish

Fond of making joke; characteristic of a joker

Synonyms: whimsical

Antonyms: serious

Aficionado

An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

Synonyms: devotee

Browbeat

to intimidate by stern or overbearing manner; to bully

Synonyms: cow

Antonyms: cajole

Commensurate

Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance

Diaphanous

Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

Synonyms: translucent

Antonyms: opaque

Emolument

Profit derived from an office or position or from employment

Synonyms: pay

Foray

A quick road, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor

Synonyms: sally

Antonyms: retreat

Genre

a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of pairing in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted

Synonyms: species

Homily

A sermon stressing moral principles

Immure

To enclose or confine within wall; to imprison

Synonyms: mew up

Antonyms: release