Unit 6 Flashcards
Bruit
(Verb) to spread news, reports, or gossip
Contumelious
(Adj) insultingly abusive; insolent or rude; humiliating
Dictum
(Noun) a short saying; an authorative statement
Ensconce
(Verb) to settle firmly and comfortably in position; to put or hide in a safe place
Iconoclastic
(Adj) attacking or seeing to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, institutions, etc.
In medias res
(Adj) in the middle of things
Internecine
(Adj)
Mutually destructive; characterized by a great slaughter and bloodshed
Maladroit
(Adj)
Not skillful; lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement; awkward
Touchstone
(Noun)
The criterion, the benchmark. Means of testing or genuineness
Traumatic
(Adj)
So shocking to the emotions as to cause deep psychological damage
Maudlin
(Adj)
Overly and excessively sentimental; “as though one is drunk”; tearfully/weak fully emotional
Modulate
(Verb)
To change or vary the intensity or pitch of something; to regulate or adjust due to circumstances
Waggish
(Adj)
Characteristic of a joker; fond of making jokes; playfully humorous or droll
Portentous
(Adj)
- ) ominous; monstrous, threatening; foreshadowing ominous events to come
- ) Amazing and awe-inspiring
- ) very self important, pompous, self-centered
Prescience
(Noun)
Knowledge of events before they occur; foresight
Quid pro quo
(Noun)
Something given in exchange or return for something
Salubrious
(Adj)
Conducive to health or well-being; wholesome
Saturnalian
(Adj)
Wild and crazy; characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry
Vitiate
(Verb) to weaken, debase, or corrupt. To impair the quality or value of something.
Abortive
(Adj) ended , abrupt; failing to accomplish an attempted aim. Unsuccessful; not fully developed
