7432549363 | Ipso Facto | By the fact that | ![]() | 0 |
7432549364 | Ars Longa | Art is long, life is short | ![]() | 1 |
7432549365 | Cogito Ergo Sum | I think, therefore I am | ![]() | 2 |
7432549366 | Deus Ex Machina | God from the machine | ![]() | 3 |
7432549367 | Requescat in pace | May he/she rest in peace | ![]() | 4 |
7432549368 | Ad Infinitum | To infinity | ![]() | 5 |
7432549369 | In Absentia | In absence | ![]() | 6 |
7432549370 | E Pluribus Unum | Out of many, one | ![]() | 7 |
7432549371 | Ad Nauseam | To the point of nausea | ![]() | 8 |
7432549372 | Incipit | It begins | ![]() | 9 |
7432549373 | Ex Libris | From the books of | ![]() | 10 |
7432549374 | Alter Ego | Other self | ![]() | 11 |
7432549375 | Incognito | Unknown | ![]() | 12 |
7432549376 | Tabula Rasa | Blank Slate | ![]() | 13 |
7432549377 | Ipso Facto | Victor Frankenstein attempted to "play God," ____ he catalyzed tragic and dramatic repercussions. | 14 | |
7432549378 | Ars Longa | Because ____, the novel Frankenstein has outlived Mary Shelley. | 15 | |
7432549379 | Cogito Ergo Sum | While the creature debated its existance, it should find relief knowing that _____. | 16 | |
7432549380 | Deus Ex Machina | Alphose coming to Victor's cell to speak with him could be seen as a/n ___; it was almost as though divine intervention was given to calm Victor's chaotic mind. | 17 | |
7432549381 | Requescat in pace | I am sorry that little William passed away; _____. | 18 | |
7432549382 | Ad Infinitum | Sometimes class seems to last ___ because it is so boring when we have nothing to do. | 19 | |
7432549383 | In Absentia | Although the creature was _____, Frankenstein knew that it had commited the crime due to the strangle marks around its neck. | 20 | |
7432549384 | E Pluribus Unum | Perhaps if Victor wasn't so nervous about people finding out about the creature he created, he could have been able to unite forces with the motto _____ to defeat it | 21 | |
7432549385 | Ad Nauseam | As a reader, sometimes I feel that Frankenstein's dramatic feelings are explained ___. I get so sick of it and just want the plot to advance! | 22 | |
7432549386 | Incipit | The ___ to Frankenstein is "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings." | 23 | |
7432549387 | Ex Libris | Although our copy of the novel does not have a/n ______, many older novels do to show the origin of its ownership. | 24 | |
7432549388 | Alter Ego | As we see the creature struggle with its humanity (or lack there of), it develops a/n ___ of a daemon. | 25 | |
7432549389 | Incognito | Maybe the cottagers would have reacted differently to the creature if he had introduced himself ____. | 26 | |
7432549390 | Tabula Rasa | We see the Mary Shelley's belief in Locke's theory of ____ when the creature is "born" without any preconceived understanding of the world around him. | 27 | |
7432549391 | Transmute - Def. | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | ![]() | 28 |
7432549392 | Dogmatic - Def. | arrogant or stubborn insistence that one's views are correct | ![]() | 29 |
7432549393 | Convalescence - Def. | gradual healing through rest after sickness or injury | ![]() | 30 |
7432549394 | Delineate - Def. | represented accurately or precisely | ![]() | 31 |
7432549395 | Dilatoriness - Def. | slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | ![]() | 32 |
7432549396 | Vacillating - Def. | uncertain in purpose or action | ![]() | 33 |
7432549397 | Interminable - Def. | without end | ![]() | 34 |
7432549398 | Requisite - Def. | necessary for relief or supply | ![]() | 35 |
7432549399 | Indefatigable - Def. | showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality | ![]() | 36 |
7432549400 | Ignominious - Def. | deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | ![]() | 37 |
7432549401 | Approbation - Def. | official approval | ![]() | 38 |
7432549402 | Malignity - Def. | quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will | ![]() | 39 |
7432549403 | Panegyric - Def. | formally expressing praise | ![]() | 40 |
7432549404 | Transmute | The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be ___(ed) and that the elixir of life is a chimera but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. | 41 | |
7432549405 | Dogmatism | His gentleness was never tinged by ____, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. | 42 | |
7432549406 | Convalescence | It was a divine spring, and the season contributed greatly to my _____. | 43 | |
7432549407 | Dilatory | The latter method of obtaining the desired intelligence was ____ and unsatisfactory; besides, I had an insurmountable aversion to the idea of engaging myself in my loathsome task in my father's house while in habits of familiar intercourse with those I loved. | 44 | |
7432549408 | Vacillating | The poor woman was very _____ in her repentance. | 45 | |
7432549409 | Indefatigable | He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and ____ attention to public business. | 46 | |
7432549410 | Ignominious | Justine also was a girl of merit and possessed qualities which promised to render her life happy; now all was to be obliterated in an ____ grave, and I the cause! | 47 | |
7432549411 | Approbation | M. Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition at that time, of almost insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the benevolent ___ of M. Waldman. | 48 | |
7432549412 | Malignity | She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the ____ of the distemperment. Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her preserver. | 49 | |
7432549413 | Panegyric | After having made a few preparatory experiments, he concluded with a ____ upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall never forget: "The ancient teachers of this science," said he, "promised impossibilities and performed nothing." | 50 | |
7432549414 | Quixotic - Def. | not sensible about practical matters | ![]() | 51 |
7432549415 | Bedlam - Def. | a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion | ![]() | 52 |
7432549416 | Narcisism - Def. | an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself | ![]() | 53 |
7432549417 | Yahoo - Def. | a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture | ![]() | 54 |
7432549418 | Panacea - Def. | a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. | ![]() | 55 |
7432549419 | Draconian - Def. | imposing a harsh code of laws | ![]() | 56 |
7432549420 | Protean - Def. | taking on different forms | ![]() | 57 |
7432549421 | Laurels - Def. | a recognition for achievement | ![]() | 58 |
7432549422 | Nemesis - Def. | something causing misery or death | ![]() | 59 |
7432549423 | Mentor - Def. | a wise and trusted guide and advisor | ![]() | 60 |
7432549424 | Haggard - Def. | looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering. | ![]() | 61 |
7432549425 | Iconoclast - Def. | a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. | ![]() | 62 |
7432549426 | Braggadocio - Def. | vain and empty boasting | ![]() | 63 |
7432549427 | Quixotic - Source | Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote | 64 | |
7432549428 | Bedlam - Source | refers to a London psychiatric institution | 65 | |
7432549429 | Narcisism - Source | the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope who fell in love with his own reflection | 66 | |
7432549430 | Yahoo - Source | Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels | 67 | |
7432549431 | Panacea - Source | the Greek goddess of universal remedy | 68 | |
7432549432 | Draconian - Source | the Athenian statesman Draco who had a severe code of laws | 69 | |
7432549433 | Protean - Source | Greek sea-god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water | 70 | |
7432549434 | Laurels - Source | wreaths in Greece being given as an honor | 71 | |
7432549435 | Nemesis - Source | Greek goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune | 72 | |
7432549436 | Mentor - Source | a character from Homer's The Odyssey who advised Odysseus in his old age | 73 | |
7432549437 | Haggard - Source | falconry, referring to a hawk that is untamed | 74 | |
7432549438 | Iconoclast - Source | Byzantine Emperor Leo III | 75 | |
7432549439 | Braggadocio - Source | Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queen | 76 | |
7432549440 | Feet of clay | a fundamental flaw or weakness in a person otherwise revered | ![]() | 77 |
7432549441 | Throw down the gauntlet | to challenge or confront someone | ![]() | 78 |
7432549442 | Myrmidon | a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate | ![]() | 79 |
7432549443 | A Simon Legree | a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees | ![]() | 80 |
7432549444 | Job's Comforters | A person who tries to console or help someone and not only fails but ends up making the other feel worse. | ![]() | 81 |
7432549445 | A Sisyphean task | A task that seems impossible to complete | ![]() | 82 |
7432549446 | Handwriting on the wall | a premonition, portent, or clear indication, especially of failure or disaster | ![]() | 83 |
7432549447 | Gotterdammerung | a collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence and disorder | ![]() | 84 |
7432549448 | Catch 22 | a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule | ![]() | 85 |
7432549449 | Apple of Discord | a prize that many people feel they deserve that leads to chaos and fighting | ![]() | 86 |
7432549450 | Oedipus Complex | the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a wish to exclude the parent of the same sex | ![]() | 87 |
7432549451 | Bacchanalia | drunken revelry | ![]() | 88 |
7432549452 | Crossing the Rubicon | a point of no return | ![]() | 89 |
7432549453 | Antediluvian | ridiculously old-fashioned | ![]() | 90 |
7432549454 | Feet of clay - Source | Bible - Book of Daniel | 91 | |
7432549455 | Throw down the gauntlet - Source | the heavy armored gloves worn by medieval knights | 92 | |
7432549456 | Myrmidon - Source | a member of a warlike Thessalian people led by Achilles at the siege of Troy | 93 | |
7432549457 | A Simon Legree - Source | Harriet Beacher Stowe's novella, Uncle Tom's Cabin | 94 | |
7432549458 | Job's Comforters - Source | Bible - Book of Job | 95 | |
7432549459 | A Sisyphean task - Source | Greek mythology - eternal punishment | 96 | |
7432549460 | Handwriting on the wall - Source | Bible - Book of Daniel | 97 | |
7432549461 | Gotterdammerung - Source | German mythology | 98 | |
7432549462 | Catch 22 - Source | the novel by Joseph Heller | 99 | |
7432549463 | Apple of Discord - Source | Greek mythology - fruit that said "For the fairest" thrown by Eris, goddess of discord, among the gods | 100 | |
7432549464 | Oedipus Complex - Source | Sigmund Freud's theory based on the play by Sophocles | 101 | |
7432549465 | Bacchanalia - Source | Greek mythology - god of wine | 102 | |
7432549466 | Crossing the Rubicon - Source | Julius Caesar's event in 49 BC that precipitated the Roman Cival War, leading to Caesar's becomming dictator | 103 | |
7432549467 | Antediluvian - Source | Bible - the time before the biblical Flood | 104 |
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