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| 3183888966 | abortive | (adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed | 0 | |
| 3183888967 | bruit | (v.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors | 1 | |
| 3183888968 | contumelious | (adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating | 2 | |
| 3183888969 | dictum | (n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement | 3 | |
| 3183888970 | ensconce | (v.) to settle confortabky and firmly in position; to out or hide in a safe place | 4 | |
| 3183888971 | iconoclastic | (adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions | 5 | |
| 3183888972 | in medias res | (adj.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things | 6 | |
| 3183888973 | internecine | (adj.) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed | 7 | |
| 3183888974 | maladroit | (adj.) lacking still or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment | 8 | |
| 3183888975 | mauldin | (adj.) excessively or effusively sentimental | 9 | |
| 3183888976 | modulate | (v.) to change or vary ghe intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust | 10 | |
| 3183888977 | portentous | (adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous | 11 | |
| 3183888978 | prescience | (n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight | 12 | |
| 3183888979 | quid pro quo | (n.) something given in exchange or return for something else | 13 | |
| 3183888980 | salubrious | (adj.) conducive to health or well-being; wholesome | 14 | |
| 3183888981 | touchstone | (n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness | 15 | |
| 3183888982 | traumatic | (adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to case lasting and substantial psychological damage | 16 | |
| 3183888983 | saturnalian | (adj.) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness | 17 | |
| 3183888984 | vitiate | (v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of | 18 | |
| 3183888985 | waggish | (adj.) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll | 19 |
