Margaret Laurence Works

Question 1

Dandy

Answer 1

Man excessively devoted to cleanliness, neatness, and fashion

Question 2

Gay

Answer 2

1. Sexually romantic to own sex
2. Cheerful and lighthearted

Question 3

macushla

Answer 3

my darling

Question 4

briar bowl

Answer 4

smoking pipe made of briar wood

Question 5

appendage

Answer 5

(often with negative or pejorative connotations) a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

Question 6

mortified

Answer 6

cause someone to feel ashamed, humiliated, or embarrased

Question 7

bleak

Answer 7

1. Person’s face: cold and foreboding
2. Area of land that is bare

Question 8

unemphatic

Answer 8

not uttered with emphasis

Question 9

Root cellar

Answer 9

underground storage place for vegetables, fruits, or nuts

Question 10

embattled

Answer 10

(of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces.

Question 11

heathen

Answer 11

someone who does not follow the traditional religion; minority religious person

Question 12

insinuate

Answer 12

1. imply in an indirect or unpleasant way
2. maneuver into position

Question 13

Newel Post

Answer 13

first pillar of the stairs

Question 14

poignant

Answer 14

painfully affecting feelings

Question 15

evasively

Answer 15

not honest, conceal by speaking indirectly

Question 16

bereft

Answer 16

deprived of something

Question 17

prodding

Answer 17

poke someone with the finger

Question 18

mahogany

Answer 18

redish timber

Question 19

comedown

Answer 19

loss of status or importance

Question 20

enmity

Answer 20

feeling actively opposed or hostile to someone