Week Eighteen Vocab

Question 0

ensconce

(verb) - to settle securely or snugly, to cover or shelter, to put or hide in a safe place

Answer 0

Synonyms: nestle, lodge, entrench

Question 1

dictum

(noun) - an authoritative pronouncement, judicial assertion, authoritative saying

Answer 1

Synonyms: declaration, affirmation

Question 2

iconoclastic

(adj) - breaking images that are normal; attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions

Answer 2

Synonyms: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical

Question 3

maladroit

(adj) - badly unskillful, bungling, tackless, lacking skill or dexterity

Answer 3

Synonyms: inept, awkward, clumsy, gauche

Question 4

internecine

(adj) - both sides seriously damaged; of or pertaining to struggle within a group; characterized by great slaughter

Answer 4

Synonyms: murderous, savage, ruinous

Question 5

in media res

(adverb) - in the middle of things, in the midst of things, in or into the middle of a plot

Answer 5

Synonyms: