Tier Two Vocabulary — Poetry Key Words

Question 1

Didatic

Answer 1

is intended to teach something e.g. a moral lesson

Question 2

Misanthrope

Answer 2

a person who dislikes or distrusts other people or humankind in general

Question 3

Demotic

Answer 3

the type of informal language used by ordinary people

Question 4

Subverts

Answer 4

to bring about the complete downfall of something

to undermine a moral principle

Question 5

Stagnates

Answer 5

stops changing/progressing

Question 6

Harrowing

Answer 6

extremely upsetting because is connected with suffering

Question 7

Equivocal

Answer 7

deliberately vague to avoid speaking the truth about something/ making a decision

Question 8

Supine

Answer 8

lying face up

Question 9

Tenatry

Answer 9

inhabitants

Question 10

Evocation

Answer 10

it is good or interesting because it produces pleasant memories, ideas, emotions and responses

Question 11

Muse

Answer 11

a person who inspires a creative artist

Question 12

Scuttle

Answer 12

something is delivered at a fast pace

Question 13

Cascades

Answer 13

pouring down

Question 14

According

Answer 14

playing chords

Question 15

Snivelling

Answer 15

crying/sniffling in a pitiful way

Question 16

Taboo

Answer 16

it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject because people find it embarrassing

Question 17

Nostalgia

Answer 17

an affectionate feeling for the past

Question 18

Archaic

Answer 18

old fashioned

Question 19

Conscription

Answer 19

forced to fight during war

Question 20

Wistful

Answer 20

sadness because they want something and know they can’t have it

Question 21

Elegiac

Answer 21

expresses or shows sadness

Question 22

Supercilious

Answer 22

condescending/looking down on someone

Question 23

Eponymous

Answer 23

the name of the character is the title of the book or play

Question 24

Familial

Answer 24

means relating to families in general or typical of a family

Question 25

Endemic

Answer 25

of a condition or disease

Question 26

Liminal

Answer 26

at a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, states in a process, ways of life

Question 27

Mundane

Answer 27

very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual

Question 28

Rubric

Answer 28

a set of rules or instructions

Question 29

Imperious

Answer 29

they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed

Question 30

Morbid

Answer 30

they are interested in unpleasant things especially death and this is strange

Question 31

Mortality

Answer 31

they will eventually die

Question 32

Nihilism

Answer 32

the belief that there is no meaning or purpose in existence

Question 33

Eulogy

Answer 33

formal speech or piece of writing praising a person or thing especially someone who has recently died

Question 34

Apotheosise

Answer 34

to make a god of something

Question 35

Aphorism

Answer 35

a statement that contains a general truth

Question 36

Sublime

Answer 36

an experience consisting of feeling at one with nature

Question 37

Furtive

Answer 37

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or belief that discovery could lead to trouble

Question 38

Disillusion

Answer 38

disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one believed

Question 39

Prelapsarian

Answer 39

characteristic of or pertaining to any innocent time or carefree period