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30 Cards in this Set
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Abortive
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Failing to accomplish an Intended aim or purpose; only partiall or imperfectly developed
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Bruit
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To spread news, reports,or unsubstantiated rumors
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Contumelious
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Insolent or rude in speech or behjavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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Dictum
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a short saying; an authoritative statement
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Ensconce
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To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
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Iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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In medias res
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In or into the middle of a plot; into hte middle of things
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Internecine
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Mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
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Maladroit
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Lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perceptionq
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Maudlin
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exvessively or effusively sentimental
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Modulate
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To change or vary the intesity or pirch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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Portentous
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Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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Prescience
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Knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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Quid pro quo
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Something given in exchange or return for something else
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Salubrious
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Conducive to health or well-being; wholesome
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Sarutnalian
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Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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Touchstone
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A means of testing worth or genuineness
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Traumatic
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So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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Vitiate
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To weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of.
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Waggish
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Fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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Modulate
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To change or vary the intesity or pirch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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Portentous
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Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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Prescience
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Knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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Quid pro quo
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Something given in exchange or return for something else
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Salubrious
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Conducive to health or well-being; wholesome
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Sarutnalian
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Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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Touchstone
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A means of testing worth or genuineness
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Traumatic
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So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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Vitiate
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To weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of.
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Waggish
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Fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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