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internecine

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(adj.) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed SYNONYMS: murderous, savage, ruinous

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bruit

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(v.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors SYNONYMS: noise abroad, broadcast, blazon, circulate

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maudlin

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(adj.) excessively or effusively sentimental SYNONYMS: mushy, mawkish, lachrymose

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maladroit

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(adj.) lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment SYNONYMS: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche, unskillful, blundering, bumbling, floundering

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ensconce

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(v.) to settle comfortably and firmly into position; to put or hide in a safe place SYNONYMS: nestle, lodge, entrench, settle, situate, conceal, stash

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prescience

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(n.) knowledge of events of actions before they happen; foresight SYNONYMS: foreknowledge, intuition, foresight, omniscience

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quid pro quo

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(n.) something given in exchange or return for something else. SYNONYMS: swap, trade, equal exchange, eye-for-an-eye, substitution

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salubrious

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(adj.) conducive to health or well being; wholesome SYNONYMS: beneficial, healthy, invigorating, regenerate

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saturnalian

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(adj.) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness SYNONYMS: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic, sinful, nefarious

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contumelious

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(adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating SYNONYMS: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating, rude, brash, impudent

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portentous

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(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come;causing wonder or awe; self consciously weighty, pompous SYNONYMS: foreboding, ominous, pretentious, threatening, apocalyptic

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traumatic

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(adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage SYNONYMS: jolting, agonizing, horrendous, atrocious

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touchstone

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(n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness SYNONYMS: criterion, yardstick, benchmark, measure, guide, gauge, barometer

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waggish

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(adj.) fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll SYNONYMS: whimsical, jocular, cheerful, blithe

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vitiate

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(v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of SYNONYMS: degrade, undermine, quash

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modulate

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(v.) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust SYNONYMS: adapt, moderate, adjust, fine-tune, revamp

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in medias res

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(adv.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things. midway, betwixt, without preamble

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iconoclastic

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(adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions SYNONYMS: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical, dissident, radical

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dictum

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(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement SYNONYMS: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom, adage, edict

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abortive

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(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed SYNONYMS: miscarried, fruitless, premature, futile, unfruitful

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