— 1. Sober
(‘Ordinarily Jeremiah was a sober and contented poor devil’)
Defn: quiet and serious
— 2. Principle
(‘Our lads at that time did not dance foreign dances on principle’)
Defn: a rule of action or behaviour
— 3. Deplorable
(‘Even in treating of holy subjects, Hawkins had a deplorable tongue’)
Defn: being the cause of disapproval
— 4. Profane
(‘When he tried to get her to complain profanely of the drought she gave him a great comedown’)
Defn: unholy
— 5. Puckered
(‘The old lady laid down her iron, [and] puckered up her little crab's mouth’)
Defn: wrinkled
— 6. Maintaining
(‘Hawkins was holding forth in his best style, maintaining that there was no next world’)
Defn: stating strongly / keeping to one’s point of view
— 7. Presentiment
(‘I heard Jeremiah Donovan's footsteps on the path and a dark presentiment crossed my mind’)
Defn: a feeling that something is about to happen
— 8. Rigmarole
(‘[Donovan] begins on the usual rigmarole about duty and how unpleasant it is’)
Defn: foolish talk
— 9. Earnest
(‘It was impossible to make him understand that we were in earnest’)
Defn: serious about telling the truth
— 10. Banish
(‘[It] banished the last bit of hope I had’)
Defn: send away
— 11. Recollect
(‘I bent down and put my gun to his head; then, recollecting myself, I got up again’)
Defn: remember
— 12. Cantankerousness
(‘She rose quietly and came to the doorway with all her cantankerousness gone’)
Defn: disagreeable or unpleasant
— 13. Apathy / Disinterest
— Defn: absence of feeling or excitement / lack of interest
— 14. Nostalgia
— Defn: strong feelings for the happiness experienced in a place and time in the past
— 15. Disillusionment
— Defn: being set free of false beliefs / disappointment
— 16. Philosophical
— Defn: thinking about and judging the truth of things
— 17. Sentimental – feeling something deeply
— 18. Fatigue – heavy tiredness
— 19. Restoration – to repair something to its former state
— 20. Splutter – to talk quickly when excited
— 21. Upholstery – material used to cover furniture
— 22. Timid – lacking courage
— 23. Console – to give comfort to someone who is upset
— 24. Mesmerism – fascinated by something (hypnotism)
— 25. Solitude – living alone / loneliness
— 26. Tactful
(‘What was the most tactful and sympathetic word to use?’)
Defn: careful not to do or say anything that could cause someone to be upset
— 27. Rancorous
(‘His voice [was] going dead and rancorous and his nostrils [were] flaring’)
Defn: a feeling of anger about something in the past
— 28. Daub
(‘… like a careless daub of innocent sealing-wax’)
Defn: to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something
— 29. Fad
(‘It may seem like a fad to you’)
Defn: a style, activity or interest which is very popular for a short period of time
— 30. Repentance
(‘He said it with repentance and sympathy’)
Defn: to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it
— 31. Flit
(‘He flitted a glance at it’)
Defn: to fly or move quickly and lightly
— 32. Repentance
(‘He said it with repentance and sympathy’)
Defn: to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it
— 33. Vehement
(‘”I don’t want money,” the old man said vehemently’)
Defn: expressing strong feelings, or shown by strong feelings or great energy or force
— 34. Flit
(‘He flitted a glance at it’)
Defn: to fly or move quickly and lightly
— 35. Gregarious
(‘They all dreaded having the gregarious old man on their hands’)
Defn: (of people) liking to be with other people
— 36. Disingenuous
(‘They all dreaded having the disingenuous old man on their hands’)
Defn: (of a person or their behaviour) slightly dishonest; not speaking the complete truth
(‘Ordinarily Jeremiah was a sober and contented poor devil’)
Defn: quiet and serious
— 2. Principle
(‘Our lads at that time did not dance foreign dances on principle’)
Defn: a rule of action or behaviour
— 3. Deplorable
(‘Even in treating of holy subjects, Hawkins had a deplorable tongue’)
Defn: being the cause of disapproval
— 4. Profane
(‘When he tried to get her to complain profanely of the drought she gave him a great comedown’)
Defn: unholy
— 5. Puckered
(‘The old lady laid down her iron, [and] puckered up her little crab's mouth’)
Defn: wrinkled
— 6. Maintaining
(‘Hawkins was holding forth in his best style, maintaining that there was no next world’)
Defn: stating strongly / keeping to one’s point of view
— 7. Presentiment
(‘I heard Jeremiah Donovan's footsteps on the path and a dark presentiment crossed my mind’)
Defn: a feeling that something is about to happen
— 8. Rigmarole
(‘[Donovan] begins on the usual rigmarole about duty and how unpleasant it is’)
Defn: foolish talk
— 9. Earnest
(‘It was impossible to make him understand that we were in earnest’)
Defn: serious about telling the truth
— 10. Banish
(‘[It] banished the last bit of hope I had’)
Defn: send away
— 11. Recollect
(‘I bent down and put my gun to his head; then, recollecting myself, I got up again’)
Defn: remember
— 12. Cantankerousness
(‘She rose quietly and came to the doorway with all her cantankerousness gone’)
Defn: disagreeable or unpleasant
— 13. Apathy / Disinterest
— Defn: absence of feeling or excitement / lack of interest
— 14. Nostalgia
— Defn: strong feelings for the happiness experienced in a place and time in the past
— 15. Disillusionment
— Defn: being set free of false beliefs / disappointment
— 16. Philosophical
— Defn: thinking about and judging the truth of things
— 17. Sentimental – feeling something deeply
— 18. Fatigue – heavy tiredness
— 19. Restoration – to repair something to its former state
— 20. Splutter – to talk quickly when excited
— 21. Upholstery – material used to cover furniture
— 22. Timid – lacking courage
— 23. Console – to give comfort to someone who is upset
— 24. Mesmerism – fascinated by something (hypnotism)
— 25. Solitude – living alone / loneliness
— 26. Tactful
(‘What was the most tactful and sympathetic word to use?’)
Defn: careful not to do or say anything that could cause someone to be upset
— 27. Rancorous
(‘His voice [was] going dead and rancorous and his nostrils [were] flaring’)
Defn: a feeling of anger about something in the past
— 28. Daub
(‘… like a careless daub of innocent sealing-wax’)
Defn: to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something
— 29. Fad
(‘It may seem like a fad to you’)
Defn: a style, activity or interest which is very popular for a short period of time
— 30. Repentance
(‘He said it with repentance and sympathy’)
Defn: to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it
— 31. Flit
(‘He flitted a glance at it’)
Defn: to fly or move quickly and lightly
— 32. Repentance
(‘He said it with repentance and sympathy’)
Defn: to be very sorry for something bad you have done in the past and wish that you had not done it
— 33. Vehement
(‘”I don’t want money,” the old man said vehemently’)
Defn: expressing strong feelings, or shown by strong feelings or great energy or force
— 34. Flit
(‘He flitted a glance at it’)
Defn: to fly or move quickly and lightly
— 35. Gregarious
(‘They all dreaded having the gregarious old man on their hands’)
Defn: (of people) liking to be with other people
— 36. Disingenuous
(‘They all dreaded having the disingenuous old man on their hands’)
Defn: (of a person or their behaviour) slightly dishonest; not speaking the complete truth