GRE: Entertainment

Adjective lacking even a small amount of courage
The Office managed to find its footing with old and new cast members as it returned without Michael Scott -- the ingratiating, craven and clumsy regional manager.
Noun person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
For kids in the 1970s, Henry Winkler as The Fonz was the epitome of cool.
Adjective splendidly elaborate or luxurious
A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
Noun cause of great suffering and distress
nemesis
Yogi must prove that he really is "smarter than the average bear" as he and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith to find a way to save Jellystone Park from closing forever.
Noun a person or thing regarded as a perfect example
Johnny Depp turns the one-dimensional Mad Hatter caricature into a nuanced, if orange-coiffed, paragon tormented by the effects of mercury poisoning.
Adjective wildly loud and rowdy
This raucous carnival really defines New Orleans! Beginning with a masked ball on the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, celebrations build to fever pitch during five days of pre-Lenten parties.
Adjective threatening or suggesting harm and danger
A re-imagining of the sinister Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams.
Adjective very determined to do something
The white women don’t do demeaning jobs or much of anything else either. But brave, tenacious Skeeter is different, slaving away on a book that will blow the lid off the suffering endured by black maids in Jackson, Miss.
Noun exacted or enforced payment or contribution
“I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!” There’s some confusion on the stage. District 12 hasn’t had a volunteer in decades and the protocol has become rusty.
Noun change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is not welcome
Will Justin Bieber still be a mega star ten years from today? Or will he, like many teen idols before him, prove unable to adjust to the vicissitudes of time?