For the Week ending 12/18/09
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
| characteristic of the literary and artistic climate at the close of the 19th century: sophistication, world-weariness, and fashionable despair; progressive ideas and customs; decadence The 20th Century had its own _______ phenomenon: the general turmoil caused by relatively insignificant technical issue of the Y2K problem | 
| establishment of or state of having cordial relations; harmony World peace will depend on the _______ of antagonistic religious factions. | 
| the ceremony of judgment by the Inquisition and execution of sentence by the secular authorities ; broadly: the burning of a heretic St. Dominic presided over the _______ Joan of Arc, when she was burned alive. | 
| High quality, especially of cooking You don't need to be a _______ chef; just making the effort will show her how much you care. | 
| The responsibility conferred by rank. Literally, 'noble rank entails responsibility'. The gospel of Luke's example of _______: "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." |