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aBORtive adj. failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed; SYN: miscarried, fruitless, premature; ANT: successful, realized, consummated BRUIT v. to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors; SYN: noise abroad, broadcast, blazon; ANT: cover up, conceal, hush up contuMElious adj. insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating; SYN: vituperative, scurrilous, excoriating; ANT: laudatory, commendatory, deferential DICtum n. a short saying; an authoritative statement; SYN: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom enSCONCE v. to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place; SYN; nestle, lodge, entrench; ANT: unseat, displace, oust inconoCLAStic adj. attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions; SYN: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical; ANT: orthodox, conservative, reverent in MEDias res adv. in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things interNECine adj. mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed; SYN: murderous, savage, ruinous; ANT: peaceful, harmonious, constructive malaDROIT adj. lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment; SYN: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche; ANT: skillful, dexterous, deft, tactful MAUDlin adj. excessively or effusively sentimental; SYN: mushy, mawkish MODulate v. to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust; SYN; adapt, moderate porTENtous adj. foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous; SYN: foreboding, ominous, pretentious; ANT: auspicious, propitious, encouraging PRESCience n. knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight; SYN: foreknowledge; ANT: hindsight QUID pro quo n. something given in exchange or return for something else; SYN: swap, trade saLUbrious adj. conducive to health or well-being; wholesome; SYN: beneficial, healthy, invigorating; ANT: harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious saturNAlian adj. characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness; SYN: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic; ANT: sedate, prim, decorous, seemly TOUCHstone n. a means of testing worth or genuineness; SYN: criterion, yardstick, benchmark trauMATic adj. so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting an substantial psychological damage; SYN: jolting; ANT: soothing, comforting, agreeable, pleasant VITiate v. to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of; SYN: degrade, undermine; ANT: purify, strengthen, enhance WAGgish adj. fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll; SYN: whimsical, jocular; ANT: serious, grave, grim, dour, humorless