vocab list 14

Question 1

modulate

Answer 1

to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate or adjust

Question 2

portentous

Answer 2

foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-conciously weightly, pompous

Question 3

prescience

Answer 3

knowledge of event or actions before they happen; foresight

Question 4

Quid Pro Quo

Answer 4

Something given in exchange or return for something else

Question 5

Salubrious

Answer 5

conductive to health or well-being; wholesome

Question 6

saturnalian

Answer 6

characterized by rotuos or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness

Question 7

touchstone

Answer 7

; a means of testing worth or genuineness

Question 8

traumatic

Answer 8

so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage

Question 9

vitlate

Answer 9

to weaken or debase or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of

Question 10

waggish

Answer 10

fond of making jokes