Lighthouse Set 5

Question 1

Reft (n +adj)

Answer 1

N. A fissure, rift.

Adj. Bereft of something, bereaved. Also as the second element in compounds.

Question 2

Reave (v)

Answer 2

1. intransitive. To commit robbery; to plunder, pillage; to make raids.
2. transitive. To tear; to split, cleave. Also intransitive.

Question 3

Evanescent (adj)

Answer 3

That quickly vanishes or passes away; having no permanence. Said of appearances, conditions, impressions, etc.

Question 4

Cadaverous (adj)

Answer 4

Of or belonging to a corpse; such as characterizes a corpse, corpse-like. Corpse-like deathly pallor

Question 5

Lugubrious (adj)

Answer 5

Characterized by, expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful.

Question 6

Winy/ Winey (adj)

Answer 6

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of wine; having the nature or properties (taste, colour, etc.) of wine; occasionally producing wine; vinous.

Question 7

Benignant (adj)

Answer 7

Cherishing or exhibiting kindly feeling towards inferiors or dependants; gracious, benevolent (with some suggestion of condescension or patronage).

Question 8

Valediction (n)

Answer 8

The action of bidding or saying farewell (to a person, etc.); an instance of this; a farewell or leave-taking.

Question 9

Sonorously (adj)

Answer 9

In a sonorous manner; loudly, resonantly; deeply, richly.

Question 10

Cosmogony (n)

Answer 10

The generation or creation of the existing universe. The generation of the universe.