AP Literature Unit 6 Flashcards

3082792226	Abortive	(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed.	0
3082792227	Bruit	(V.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors	1
3082792228	Contumelious	(adj.) Insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating	2
3082792229	Dictum	(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement	3
3082792230	Ensconce	(V.) To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place	4
3082792231	Iconoclastic	(adj.) Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs or institutions	5
3082838529	In medias res	(adv.) In the middle of things	6
3082838530	Internecine	Mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed	7
3082838531	Maladroit	Lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement	8
3082838532	Maudlin	Excessively or effusively sentomental	9
3082838533	Modulate	To change or vary the intensity or pitch! to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust	10
3082838534	Portentous	Foreshadowing an event to come; causing awe or wonder; self-consciously weighty, pompous	11
3082838535	Prescience	Foreshadowing of events or actions before that happen	12
3082838536	quid pro quo	Something given in exchange or return for something else	13
3082838537	Salubrious	Conducive to health or well being; wholesome	14
3082838538	Saturnalian	Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness	15
3082838539	Touchstone	A means of testing worth or genuineness	16
3082838540	Traumatic	So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting substantial psychological damage	17
3082838541	Vitiate	To weaken, debase, or corrupt; impair the quality of value of	18
3082838542	Waggish	Fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll	19