AP Literature Unit 6 Flashcards

3895387843	abortive	failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed	0
3895390631	bruit	to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors	1
3895391781	contumelious	insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating	2
3895393150	dictum	a short saying; an authoritative statement	3
3895394015	ensconse	to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place	4
3895395475	iconoclastic	attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions	5
3895397285	in media res	in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things	6
3895398145	internecine	mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed	7
3895399210	maladroit	lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement	8
3895399991	maudlin	excessively or effusively sentimental	9
3895400582	modulate	to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust	10
3895401949	portentous	foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous	11
3895403955	prescience	knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight	12
3895405085	quid pro quo	something given in exchange or return for something else	13
3895406731	salubrious	conducive to health or well-being; wholesome	14
3895410041	saturnalian	characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness	15
3895411443	touchstone	a means of testing worth or genuineness	16
3895412437	traumatic	so shocking to the emotions as to caused lasting and substantial psychological damage	17
3895413516	vitiate	to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of	18
3895415131	waggish	fond of making jokes; characteristic or a joker; playfully humorous or droll	19