abortive
bruit
contumelious
dictum
ensconce
iconoclastic
in medias res
internecine
maladroit
maudlin
modulate
portentous
prescience
quid pro quo
salubrious
saturnalian
touchstone
traumatic
vitiate
waggish
Abortive: failing to produce the intended result Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle Ensconce: establish or settle Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner Prescience: the power to foresee the future Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of. Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
Abortive: failing to produce the intended result
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Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior
Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle
Ensconce: establish or settle
Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning
Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict
Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy
Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on
Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner
Prescience: the power to foresee the future
Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something
Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down
Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry
Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized
Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma
Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.
Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
i was wonderin' about Saturnalian... It is said not to be a word so is it Saturnalia or meaning "riotously merry"
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