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