Words Set One

Question 1

Enervation meaning

Answer 1

Drained of energy / fatigued

Question 1

Insouciance meaning

Answer 1

Lack of concern / indifference

Question 2

Use insouciance in a sentence

Answer 2

I couldn’t shift my insouciance, despite the looming deadline. My indifference / lack of concern was chronic

Question 3

Use enervation in a sentence

Answer 3

I dread the gym, the enervation is like no other, it is too hot and zaps energy

Question 4

Funicular meaning

Answer 4

(Railway) on a mountainside operated by a cable with “cars”

Question 5

Gossamer meaning

Answer 5

Something super fine and delicate, like a cobweb

Question 6

Use gossamer in a sentence

Answer 6

The morning hung off the gossamer like tiny tinsel

Question 7

Solicitously meaning

Answer 7

Showing attentive care or protectiveness

Question 8

Use Solicitously in a sentence

Answer 8

The nurse solicitously attended the patient, ensuring his every need was met with care

Question 9

Supine meaning x 2

Answer 9

1. A person lying facing upward
2. Failing to act or protest due to moral weakness or wrongdoing

Question 10

Use supine in a sentence x 2

Answer 10

1. Laying supine apparently helps my back pain
2. She stood there, supine in the face of the accusation

Question 11

Hirundine meaning

Answer 11

Relating to bird family of swallows

Question 12

What is the bird family of swallows scientific name?

Answer 12

Hirundinidae

Question 13

Superfluous meaning

Answer 13

Unnecessary - exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Question 14

Didactically meaning

Answer 14

Done in a manner intended to teach, particularly with a moral lesson or in a way that is instructive, often in an overly forma or moralising way

Question 15

Use superfluous in a sentence

Answer 15

She carefully edited her essay, removing any superfluous words to ensure her argument was clear and concise

Question 16

Use didactically in a sentence

Answer 16

The professor spoke didactically, ensuring every lecture was packed with clear lessons and moral implications for the students to ponder

Question 17

Redolent meaning

Answer 17

Having a strong pleasant odour

Question 18

Use redolent in a sentence

Answer 18

The pine woods were more redolent