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Unit 6
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General Vocab
12th Grade
01/21/2010
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abortive
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miscarried, premature, fruitless
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bruit
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to broadcast
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contumelious
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humiliating, sinsultingly abusive
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dictum
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a short saying, maxim
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ensconce
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to nestle, to settle comfortably in a position
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iconoclastic
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image-breaking
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in medias res
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in the middle of things
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internecine
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murderous, savage, ruinous
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maladroit
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awkward, clumsy, lacking skill or dexterity
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maudlin
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mushy, excessively or effusively sentimental
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modulate
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to adapt, to adjust, to moderate
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portentous
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foreshadowing an event to come, foreboding
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prescience
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forknowledge
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quid pro quo
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swap, trade
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salubrious
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healthy, conducive to health or well-being
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saturnalian
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dissipated, debauched
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touchstone
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a benchmark
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traumatic
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jolting
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vitiate
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to degrade; to weaken, debase, or corrupt
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waggish
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whimsical, jocular, fond of making jokes
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