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20 Cards in this Set
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Abortive |
failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed |
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Bruit |
to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors |
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Contumelious |
insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating |
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Dictum |
a short saying; an authoritative statement |
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Ensconce |
to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place |
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Iconoclastic |
attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions |
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In Medias Res |
in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things |
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Internecine |
mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed |
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Maladroit |
lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment |
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Maudlin |
excessively or effusively sentimental |
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Modulate |
to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust |
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Portentous |
foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-conciously weighty, pompous |
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Prescience |
knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight |
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Quid Pro Quo |
something given in exchange or return for something else |
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Salubrious |
conducive to health or well-being; wholesome |
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Saturnalian |
characterized by riotous or unrestrained reverly or licentiousness |
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Touchstone |
a means of testing worth or genuineness |
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Traumatic |
so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage |
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Vitiate |
to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of |
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Waggish |
fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfullly humorous or droll |
