Dickinson Death Voab

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

repulsive processes of the body

Question 2

Aphoristic

Answer 2

universal truth or wisdom

Question 3

Bathetic

Answer 3

anticlimactic

Question 4

Belie

Answer 4

hides the true situation

Question 5

Cavalier

Answer 5

a criticism because lacking proper concern

Question 6

Cavernous

Answer 6

physical space with cave like crevices

Question 7

Circumlocution

Answer 7

roundabout way of expressing something

Question 8

Conflate

Answer 8

combine

Question 9

Corporeal

Answer 9

person’s body, as opposed to spirit

Question 10

Deference

Answer 10

polite and respectful attitude towards someone

Question 11

Elide

Answer 11

leave out or ignore

Question 12

Encroach

Answer 12

spread/ becomes stronger, pervades, restricting another thing

Question 13

Enigmatic

Answer 13

mysterious and difficult to understand

Question 14

Ephemeral

Answer 14

lasts for a short time

Question 15

Erstwhile

Answer 15

former or previous

Question 16

Evince

Answer 16

reveal particular feeling or quality, of indirectly

Question 17

Gelid

Answer 17

freezing

Question 18

Ineluctable

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cannot be stopped or escaped, inevitable

Question 19

Impassive

Answer 19

dispassionate

Question 20

Impersonality

Answer 20

absence of human character

Question 21

Ineffable

Answer 21

inexpressible

Question 22

Inert

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does not move

Question 23

Inexorable

Answer 23

negative connotations to ineluctable

Question 24

Insidious

Answer 24

unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without notice

Question 25

Inimical (to)

Answer 25

make something difficult to exist

Question 26

Inured (to)

Answer 26

become so used to something bas, it is no longer unpleasant

Question 27

Lacunae

Answer 27

empty gaps or spacesM

Question 28

Lugubrious

Answer 28

sad

Question 29

Macabre

Answer 29

strange, horrible, upsetting, gothic

Question 30

Mummery

Answer 30

religious display with many ostentatious (pretentious) trappings - negative connotations

Question 31

Mundane

Answer 31

ordinary

Question 32

Mutable

Answer 32

able to change

Question 33

Nihilism

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based on idea of nothingness

Question 34

Obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure

Question 35

Officious

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assertive of authority in a domineering way

Question 36

Ontological

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status of something’s being.

Question 37

Pedestrian

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ordinary

Question 38

Perfunctory

Answer 38

an action done quickly or carelessly

Question 39

Periphrasis

Answer 39

same as circumlocution

Question 40

Plaintive

Answer 40

voice that is sad, sorrowful and melancholic

Question 41

Poignant

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affects deeply

Question 42

Quotidian

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daily

Question 43

Sentimentalise

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invoke pity or love for something

Question 44

Serpentine

Answer 44

qualities of a snake

Question 45

Tenacious

Answer 45

strong influence/ difficult to change or remove

Question 46

Transcendent

Answer 46

moves beyond normal limits/boundaries

Question 47

Travails

Answer 47

unpleasant, hard work

Question 48

Ubiquitous

Answer 48

seems to be everywhere