Picnic At Hanging Rock Vocab #1

Question 1

Devour

Answer 1

To consume destructively, recklessly or wantonly.

Question 2

Lugubrious

Answer 2

Mournful, dismal , or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.

Question 3

Perambulation

Answer 3

To walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.

Question 4

Extricate

Answer 4

To free or release from entanglement; disengage.

Question 5

Jutting

Answer 5

To extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed by out).

Question 6

Larry

Answer 6

Frolicsome or mischievous.

Question 7

Pantomime

Answer 7

The art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc, by gestures without speech.

Question 8

Octogenarian

Answer 8

Of the age of 80 years old (between 80 and 90 years old).

Question 9

Facade

Answer 9

A deceptive outward appearance.

Question 10

Pompadour

Answer 10

An arrangement of a mans hair (in which it is brushed up high from the forehead).

Question 11

Ingratiating

Answer 11

Deliberately meant to gain favor (charming, agreeable, pleasing).

Question 12

Tethered

Answer 12

fastened or confined with or as if with a rope, chain, or the like to limit the range of movement:

Question 13

Precipitous

Answer 13

of the nature of or characterized by precipices.

Question 14

Myopic

Answer 14

unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded

Question 15

Countermanded

Answer 15

to revoke or cancel (a contrary command, order, etc.).

Question 16

Raucous

Answer 16

rowdy; disorderly: harsh; strident; grating:

Question 17

Ostentatious

Answer 17

characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress
others:

Question 18

Murmur

Answer 18

a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.

Question 19

Verandah

Answer 19

a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.