vocab

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

An unwelcome and unexpected change from what is normal.

Question 2

Abhorrent

Answer 2

Horrifyingly bad.

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

A story which can be seen to have a hidden meaning (which is often about society)

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

A hint at a bigger or hidden meaning.

Question 5

Anxiety

Answer 5

A feeling of worry, nervousness or unease.

Question 6

Atavism

Answer 6

A change back to the way your ancestors used to be.
(ie, becoming like a caveman)

Question 7

Consciousness

Answer 7

Being awake and aware of one’s surroundings or your perception of something.

Question 8

Debased

Answer 8

Reduced in quality or value.

Question 9

Degenerate

Answer 9

An immoral or corrupt person.
(verb)
Deteriorate mentally or physically.

Question 10

Depraved

Answer 10

Morally corrupt. Wicked

Question 11

Duality

Answer 11

An example of a contrast between aspects of something (ie, man is both good and evil)

Question 12

Ethics

Answer 12

Moral rules which affect a person’s behaviour

Question 13

Eugenics

Answer 13

The science of improving a population by controlled breeding.

Question 14

Feral

Answer 14

Totally wild, like an animal.

Question 15

Metamorphosis

Answer 15

A change from one living state to another

Question 16

Perversion

Answer 16

The corruption or ruin of something’s original state.

Question 17

Professional

Answer 17

A person doing a job which requires a qualification

Question 18

Respectability

Answer 18

Being accepted and valued within your field

Question 19

Restraint

Answer 19

Self control

Question 20

Savage

Answer 20

Fierce, violent, uncontrolled.

Question 21

Subconscious

Answer 21

The part of the mind you’re unaware of, but which influences your actions).

Question 22

Supernatural

Answer 22

Something outside the laws of nature – like ghosts, vampires, etc.

Question 23

Unorthodox

Answer 23

Goes against what is normal or expected.

Question 24

Victorian

Answer 24

Something which happened while Queen Victoria ruled.