Cane set 2

Question 1

Indelibly (adv)

Answer 1

In an indelible manner; so as not to be blotted out or effaced.

Question 2

Indolently (adv):

Answer 2

In an indolent or lazy manner.

Question 3

Crab (v)

Answer 3

transitive. To criticize adversely, cry down, find fault with, ‘peck at’, ‘pull to pieces’. slang or stable-talk, whence colloquial. Also absol.

Question 4

Crabbing (n)

Answer 4

Vexing, embittering; hence, vexation, crossness. Sc. Obsolete. The action of crabbing.

Question 5

Chagrined (adj)

Answer 5

Vexed, mortified; disappointed; formerly, afflicted, troubled, melancholy.

Question 6

Incandescent (adj)

Answer 6

Emitting light on account of being at a high temperature; glowing with heat. figurative. Becoming or being warm or intense in feeling, expression, etc.; ardent, fiery; ‘flaming up’.

Question 7

Pistil (n)

Answer 7

Botany, The female reproductive organ of a flower, usually comprising an ovary, style, and stigma.

Question 8

Pejorative (n +adj)

Answer 8

N. A word or expression which by its form or context expresses or implies contempt for the thing named; a derogatory word or form.
Adj. Depreciatory, contemptuous; (Linguistics) giving or acquiring a less favourable meaning or connotation.

Question 9

Platitude (n)

Answer 9

The quality (esp. in speech or writing) of dullness, insipidity, or banality. A dull statement.

Question 10

Impalpable (adj)

Answer 10

Incapable of being felt by the organs of touch; imperceptible to the touch; intangible. Said of things immaterial; also, of very fine powder, in which no grit is perceptible when it is rubbed between the fingers. Also figurative. Incapable of being (readily) grasped or apprehended by the mind;