Unit 6 Vocabulary AP

234667860	abortive	(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed SYN: miscarried, fruitless, premature ANT: successful, realized, consummated
234667861	bruit	(v.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors SYN: noise abroad, broadcast, blazon ANT: cover up, conceal, hush up
234667862	contumelious	(adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating SYN: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating ANT: laudatory, commendatory, deferential
234667863	dictum	(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement SYN: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom
234667864	ensconce	(v.) To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place SYN: nestle, lodge, entrench ANT: unseat, displace, oust
234667865	iconoclastic	(adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions SYN: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical ANT: orthodox, conservative, reverent
234667866	in medias res	(adv.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
234667867	internecine	(adj.) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed SYN: muderous, savage, ruinous ANT: peaceful, harmonious, constructive
234667868	maladroit	(adj.) lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment SYN: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche ANT: skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful
234667869	maudlin	(adj.) excessively or effusively sentimental SYN: mushy, mawkish
234667870	modulate	(v.) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust SYN: adapt, moderate
234667871	portentous	(adj.) Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous SYN: foreboding, ominous, pretentious ANT: auspicious, propitious, encouraging
234667872	prescience	(n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight SYN: foreknowledge ANT: hindsight
234667873	quid pro quo	(n.) something given in exchange or return for something else SYN: swap, trade
234667874	salubrious	(adj.) conducive to health or well-being; wholesome SYN: beneficial, healthy, invigorating ANT: harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious
234667875	saturnalian	(adj.) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness SYN: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic ANT: sedate, prim, decorous, seemly
234667876	touchstone	(n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness SYN: criterion, yardstick, benchmark
234667877	traumatic	(adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage SYN: jolting ANT: soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant
234667878	vitiate	(v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of SYN: degrade, undermine ANT: purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance
234667879	waggish	(adj.) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll SYN: whimsical, jocular ANT: serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless