chapter 12

Question 1

lugubrious

Answer 1

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
e.g
I am drinking,” replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.

Question 2

impregnable

Answer 2

(of a fortified position) unable to be captured or broken into.
e.g
The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable silence.