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Modulate
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v.
to regulate by or adjust to a certian measure or proportion; soften; tone down |
balance
fine-tune regulate |
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Portentous
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adj.
ominously significant or indicative |
alarming
amazing apocalyptic |
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Prescience
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noun.
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; forsight |
foreknowledge
prediction presage |
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Quid Pro Quo
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noun.
(latin) one thing in return for another |
equal exchange
equal substitution equivalent |
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Salubrious
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adj.
favorable to or promote health; healthful |
beneficial
good health |
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Saturnalian
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noun.
the festival of saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained marrymaking |
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Touchstone
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noun.
a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing |
guide
benchmark example |
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Traumatic
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adj.
of, or pertaining to, or produced by a trauma or wound |
alarming
appalling atrocious |
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Vitiate
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verb.
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil |
cancel
abate abolish |
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Waggish
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adj.
roguish in marriment and good humor; jocular |
playful
amusing blithe |
