unit 6

Question 1

abortive

Answer 1

failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose

Question 2

bruit

Answer 2

to spread news, rumors

Question 3

contumelious

Answer 3

insolent or rude in speech

Question 4

dictum

Answer 4

a short saying; an authoritative statement

Question 5

ensconce

Answer 5

to settle comfortably and firmly in position

Question 6

iconoclastic

Answer 6

attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs

Question 7

in medias res

Answer 7

in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things

Question 8

internecine

Answer 8

mutually destructive, characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed

Question 9

maladroit

Answer 9

lacking skill or dexterity, lacking tact, perception

Question 10

maudlin

Answer 10

excessively sentimental

Question 11

modulate

Answer 11

to change or vary the intensity or pitch

Question 12

portentous

Answer 12

foreshadowing for an event to come, ADJECTIVE

Question 13

prescience

Answer 13

knowledge of events or actions before they happen, NOUN

Question 14

quid pro quo

Answer 14

something given in exchange or return for something else

Question 15

salubrious

Answer 15

conductive to health or well-being, wholesome

Question 16

saturnalian

Answer 16

characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry

Question 17

touchstone

Answer 17

a means of testing worth or genuineness

Question 18

traumatic

Answer 18

so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage

Question 19

vitiate

Answer 19

to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of

Question 20

waggish

Answer 20

fond of making jokes