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silent planet 14-17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ominously | with a sense of doom |
| mumbo-jumbo | meaningless talk |
| chastened | humbled |
| agent | one who is active not passive |
| concave | curving in |
| gradient | steepness |
| hallucinations | bad dreams |
| angular | boney |
| spectre | ghost |
| treble | high voice |
| shanks | shins |
| grotesque | odd-looking |
| recurrent | repeating |
| elusive | hard to trap |
| aperature | hole through which light travels |
| amicable | friendly |
| precarious | uncertain |
| gait | stride |
| ludicrous | laughable |
| zenith | highest point |
| celestial | heavenly |
| august | majestic |
| flora and fauna | plants and animals |
| conflagration | fire |
| infinitesimally | very slightly |
| intricate | complicated |
| liason | connection |
| influx | a coming in |
| speculations | guesses |
| monolith | large standing stone |
| idealization | art intended to suggest perfection |