level h unit 6 synonyms and antonyms

Latin	English
abortive	syn. miscarried, bruitless, premature; ant. successful, realized, consummated
bruit	syn. noise abroud, broadcast, blazon; ant. cover up, conceal, hush up
contumelious	syn. vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating; ant. laudatory, commendatory, deferential
dictum	syn. maxin, precept, aphorism, axiom
ensconce	syn. nestle, lodge, entrench; ant. unseat, displace, oust
iconoclastic	syn. image-breaking, irreverent, heretical; ant. orthodox, conservative, reverent
in medias res	definition- in or intot he middle of a plot; into the middle of things
internecine	syn. murderous, savage, ruinous; ant. peaceful, harmonious, constructive
maladroit	syn. inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche; ant. skillful, sexterous, deft, tactful
maudlin	syn. mushy, mawkish
modulate	syn. adapt, moderate
portentous	syn. foreboding, ominous, pretentious; ant. auspicious, propitious, encouraging
prescience	syn. foreknowledge; ant. hindsight
quid pro quo	syn. swap, trade
salubrious	syn. beneficial, healthy, invigorating; ant. harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious
saturnalian	syn. dissipated, debauched, orgiastic; ant. sedate, prim, decorous, seemly
touchstone	syn. criterion, yardstick, benchmark
traumatic	syn. jolting; ant. soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant
vitiate	syn. degrade, undermine; ant. purify, forify, strengthen, enhance
waggish	syn. whimsical, jocular; ant. serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless

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