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Vocabulary Workshop Level H 6
vocab
20
Language - English
12th Grade
12/08/2008

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Term
Abortive
Definition

Synonyms- miscarried, fruitless, premature

Antonyms- successful, realized, consummated

Term
Bruit
Definition

Synonyms- noise abroad, broadcast, blazon

Antonyms- cover up, conceal, hush up

Term
contumelious
Definition

Syn- vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating

Ant- laudatory, commendatory, deferential

Term
dictum
Definition
Syn- maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom
Term
enscone
Definition

Syn- nestle,lodge, entrench

Ant- unseat, displace, oust

Term
iconoclastic
Definition

Syn- image-breaking, irreverent, heretical

Ant- orthodox, conservative, reverent

Term
in medias res
Definition
in or into the middle
Term
internecine
Definition

Syn- murderous, savage, ruinous

Ant- peaceful, harmonious, constructive

Term
maladroit
Definition

Syn- inept, awkwward, clumsy, gauche

Ant- skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful

Term
maudlin
Definition
Syn- mushy, mawkish
Term
modulate
Definition
Syn- adapt, moderate
Term
portentous
Definition

Syn- foreboding, ominous, pretentious

Ant- auspicious, propitious, encouraging

Term
prescience
Definition

Syn- foreknowledge

Ant- hindsight

Term
quid pro quo
Definition
Syn- swap, trade
Term
salubrious
Definition

Syn- beneficial, healthy, invigorating

Ant- harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious

Term
saturnalian
Definition

Syn- dissipated, debauched, origastic

Ant- sedate, prim, decorous, seemly

Term
touchstone
Definition
Syn- criterion, yardstick, benchmark
Term
traumatic
Definition

Syn- jolting

Ant- soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant

Term
vitiate
Definition

Syn- degrade, undermine

Ant- purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance

Term
waggish
Definition

Syn- whimsical, jocular

Ant- serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless

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