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abortive
(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed
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bruit
(v.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
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contumelious
(adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
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dictum
(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement
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ensconce
(v.) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
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iconoclastic
(adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
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in medias res
(adv.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
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internecine
(adj.) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
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maladroit
(adj.) lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment
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maudlin
(adj.) excessively or effusively sentimental
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modulate
(v.) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
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portentous
(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
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prescience
(n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
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quid pro quo
(n.) something given in exchange or return for something else
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salubrious
(adj.) conducive to health or well-being; wholesome
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saturnalian
(adj.) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
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touchstone
(n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness
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traumatic
(adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
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vitiate
(v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of
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waggish
(adj.) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll
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