in the middle of a plot, into the middle of things
What is in medias res?
100
a short saying or authoritative statement
What is a dictum?
100
Superstitious observers thought the appearance of the falling star in the sky was _________________.
What is portentous?
100
swap or trade
What is quid pro quo?
100
skillful, dexterous
What is maladroit?
200
characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry
What is saturnalian?
200
so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting psychological damage
What is traumatic?
200
Galileo faced persecution from the church for his _________________ approach to astronomy, which seemed to attack traditional beliefs about the universe.
What is iconoclastic?
200
to nestle comfortably
What is ensconce?
200
serious, grim, humorless
What is waggish?
300
excessively sentimental
What is maudlin?
300
to change or vary the intensity or pitch
What is modulate?
300
How a society treats its poorest citizens is a(n) _________________ for the morality of the society as a whole.
What is touchstone?
300
irreverent, heretical, unconventional
What is iconoclastic?
300
finished, successful, completed
What is abortive?
400
to weaken, debase, or corrupt
What is vitiate?
400
insolent or rude
What is contumelious?
400
When I found out my flight was delayed, I was glad that I’d had the _______________ to leave out extra food for the cats.
What is prescience?
400
criterion, yardstick, benchmark
What is touchstone?
400
cover up, conceal, hush up
What is bruit?
500
(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come
What is portentous?
500
(n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen
What is prescience?
500
I won’t let one bad test grade in Chemistry _________________ my achievements in the rest of my classes.