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5993380619abortivefailing to succeed; unsuccessful0
5993380620bruitto voice abroad; rumor1
5993381744contumeliousinsulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.2
5993381745dictum1. an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion. 2. a saying; maxim.3
5993382395ensconceto settle securely or snugly4
5993382396iconoclasticattacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity:5
5993383597in media resinto the middle of a narrative; without preamble.6
5993383598internecineof or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:7
5993384655maladroitlacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless8
5993384656maudlintearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental9
5993385510modulateto regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.10
5993385511portentousan indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.11
5993386469prescienceknowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.12
5993386470quid pro quosomething that is given or taken in return for something else.13
5993387439salubriousfavorable to or promoting health; healthful14
5993388091saturnalian1. the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking. 2. unrestrained revelry; orgy15
5993388092touchestonea test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.16
5993388093traumaticof, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.17
5993390270vitiateto impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.18
5993390271waggishlike a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular:19

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