A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
What is narrative?
100
Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
What is obstreperous.
100
Capricious
What is characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behaviour; impulsive; fickle
100
Impossible to placate or appease
What is implacable?
100
Traveling by airplane these days is miserable: there’s no room, and the food is beyond _________.
What is execrable?
200
Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
What is doleful?
200
Not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion.
What is inexorable.
200
Peremptory
What is 1. Subject to no further debate or dispute; final and unassailable; 2. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative
200
talismanic
What is possessing or believed to possess magic power, especially protective power
200
The officer issued ________ commands.
What is peremptory.
300
Characterized by stealth; sly and secretive.
What is furtive.
300
The distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution
What is ethos.
300
hubris
What is exaggerated pride or self-confidence
300
execrable
What is detestable; very bad, wretched
300
The mafioso had so much _________ he believed the cops would never catch him.
What is hubris?
400
Carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted.
What is insouciant?
400
Greatly productive; fertile.
What is fecund?
400
deus ex machina
What is a character or thing that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play, movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to solve
400
Anomie
What is personal unrest, alienation, and anxiety that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals
400
The fans, no doubt full of too much cheap beer, were __________ throughout the game.