March 2020

Question 1

veracity

Answer 1

conformity to facts; accuracy.

Question 2

ogle

Answer 2

stare at in a lecherous manner.

Question 3

stupor

Answer 3

a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

Question 4

morose

Answer 4

sullen and ill-tempered.

Question 5

a prey to violent delirium

Answer 5

Therese Raquin.

a temporary state of madness.

Question 6

lamentable

Answer 6

(of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.

Question 7

pallidness

Answer 7

1. Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion: the pallid face of the invalid. 2. Lacking intensity of colour or luminousness.

Question 8

dotage

Answer 8

the winter part of one’s life, declining years

Question 9

furtively

Answer 9

secretly

Question 10

capricious

Answer 10

erratic, whimsical, inconsistent

Question 11

poltroonery

Answer 11

pusillanimity; cowardice

Question 12

vacillate

Answer 12

irresolute betwixt two decisions

Question 13

ardent

Answer 13

passionate

Question 14

matutinal

Answer 14

of or occurring in the morning

Question 15

metastasise

Answer 15

spreading like a cancer

Question 16

Edification

Answer 16

Moral improvement of someone

Question 17

bellicosity

Answer 17

inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

Question 18

Xanthippe

Answer 18

ill-tempered woman; wife of Socrates

Question 19

ephemeral

Answer 19

short-lasting

Question 20

clandestine

Answer 20

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.