Emotive Language

Question 1

Elucidation

Answer 1

Clarification

Question 2

Bewildered

Answer 2

Confused/very puzzled

Question 3

Picturesque

Answer 3

visually attractive in an unusual/old/attractive way

Question 4

Vivacious

Answer 4

Attractively lively and animated

Question 5

Blasphemy

Answer 5

Offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God/sacred things (used more widely now)

Question 6

Adulation

Answer 6

Excessive admiration or praise

Question 7

Nefarious

Answer 7

Wicked or criminal

Question 8

Devout

Answer 8

committed to a cause or belief

Question 9

Despondent

Answer 9

in “low spirits” from lost of hope/courage (adjective)

Question 10

Dejection

Answer 10

Sad/depressed state - low spirits (noun)

Question 11

Uncanny

Answer 11

strange/mysterious

Question 12

Contempt

Answer 12

Feeling that person/thing is worthless/beneath consideration

Question 13

Abstinence

Answer 13

Practice of restraining oneself in indulgence

Question 14

Awry

Answer 14

Away from the usual/expected

Question 15

Mundane

Answer 15

Lack of interest/dull

Question 16

Remorse

Answer 16

Deep regret/guilt for wrong committed

Question 17

Accismus

Answer 17

Claiming lack of interest in something that is actually desired