The launch of the satellite Sputnik in the 1950s put Russia in the _____ of space exploration.
What is Vanguard
100
When the birds were caged together, they tended to be _____, flying at each other in a screaming flurry of feathers.
What is Contentious?
200
twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
What is Askew
200
one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; (math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised
What is Exponent?
200
an unsuitable or misleading name
What is Misnomer?
200
Although you can visit the Liberty Bell at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia, its _____ tones have not been heard since George Washington’s birthday in 1846, when its crack expanded to the point that the bell could no longer be rung.
What is Sonorous?
200
When his very first concert received negative reviews, the young violinist's _____ expression betrayed how discouraged he felt.
What is Crestfallen?
300
to accept without protest; to agree or submit
What is Acquiesce?
300
rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder
What is Disheveled?
300
a period of relief or rest
What is Respite?
300
Regretfully, I have stopped calling my friend Ellen, who is so _____ that any phone call to her lasts at least an hour, and often she doesn’t even interrupt her monologue to ask how I am.
What is Garrulous?
300
When penguins molt they look _____, with untidy patches of feathers falling out as new ones are growing in.
What is Disheveled?
400
cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned
What is Blithe?
400
discouraged, dejected, downcast
What is Crestfallen?
400
to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
What is Profess?
400
The architect became a(n) _____ of the postmodern style, not only in her own practice but in her writings as well.
What is Exponent?
400
We had been advised that the secret to finding our way to the center of the maze is to turn left and right alternately through the intricate network of _____ passageways, which are separated by high, dense hedges and often end in blind alleys.
What is sinuous?
500
quarrelsome, inclined to argue
What is Contentious
500
to desire something belonging to another
What is Covet
500
full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
What is Sonorous?
500
In Act I, scene vii of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the ambitious, cold-blooded Lady Macbeth, who _____ power and wants her husband to be king, persuades Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan while he lies asleep, a guest in their home.
What is Covets?
500
After Edgar Allan Poe gambled away the money he had been given to pay for his studies at the University of Virginia, John Allan, Poe’s wealthy adoptive father, regarded Edgar as a(n) _____ and cut him off without a penny.