Vocab 6

279490486	abortive	failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed
279490487	bruit	to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors
279490488	contumelious	insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating
279490489	dictum	a short saying; an authoritative statement
279490490	ensconce	to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place
279490491	iconoclastic	attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions
279490492	in medias res	in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things
279490493	internecine	mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed
279490494	maladroit	lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment
279490495	maudlin	excessively or effusively sentimental
279490496	modulate	to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust
279490497	portentous	foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous
279490498	prescience	knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight
279490499	quid pro quo	something given in exchange or return for something else
279490500	salubrious	conducive to health or well-being, wholesome
279490501	saturnalian	characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness
279490502	touchstone	a means of testing worth or genuineness
279490503	traumatic	so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage
279490504	vitiate	to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of
279490505	waggish	fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll