Vocabulary List #9 Remix

Alliterations. Ah, they are fun, no? I figured it would be a really cool way to try and remember the vocab. Even though they are tougher than they seem (and some may not even make sense in the sentence), they were still fun to do. I regret nothing. Drawings would have been fun but Kelli already took that idea into action. Enjoy.

Abortive: failing to produce the intended result


An abortive action attempting to assuage angry animals augmented attacks that day.


Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely


Brittany bruited bad bologna 'bout Bethany's bossy boyfriend.


Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior


Carly's comments created cancerous criticism to her contumelious.

 
Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle


Deputy David's dictum defeated Dexter's demeanor and denounced him deeply.


Ensconce: establish or settle


Ebony ensconced excitedly in Europe.


Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions


The iconoclastic, Ivan, incinerated India's idol in India itself.


In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning


Inventing impressive in medias res isn't impossible.


Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict


Interfering into internecine issues isn't important if it's involving idiotic information.


Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy


Maddie's maladroit manner mortified the many men making mirrors.


Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness


Mark's maudlin moments marked a meaningful memory in the minds of the merry men.


Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on


Matt modulated Martha's moon model into a magnificent masterpiece.  


Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner


Parting portentously, the party pompously prattled over petty problems pertaining to poor people.


Prescience: the power to foresee the future


Patrick's prescience proved perilous after plotted plants poisoned the public.


Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something


Quinn's quid pro quo created qualms quite unsettling, yet, quirky.


Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down


Seeing Sally's salubrious state started something spectacular that summer.


Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry


Celebrating Saturnalia saved Saturn from saying something on the subject.


Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized


Ted's talk on the touchstone for technology tells about the touchscreen tablet.


Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma


*Taco Tuesday turned traumatic for Tony when Trevor toppled over turning turquoise.


Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.


Victor vitiated the value of the vulture's velocity, voicing his verification.


Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner


Woody's waggish ways in wiping the wonderful Buzz away was wacky.


*My favorite alliteration. It seemed fitting.