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Abortive |
failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose
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bruit
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to spread new/ rumors
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contumelious
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rude in speech or behavior/ insultingly abusive
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dictum
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a short saying
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ensconce
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to settle firmly and comfortably in position
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iconoclastic
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attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs
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in medias res
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into the middle of a plot
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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maladroit
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lacking skill/ inept
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maudlin
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excessively or effusively sentimental
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modulate
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to change or vary the intensity or pitch
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portentous
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foreshadowing and event to come
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prescience
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foresight
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quid pro quo
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something given in exchange for something else
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salubrious
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conductive to health or well-being
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saturnalian
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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
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waggish
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fond of making jokes / playfully humorous or droll
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