The Unpredictable Future

The exercise was created 2025-11-03 by viola15. Question count: 30.




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  • as it were in a way, so to speak
  • rationalism the belief in reason and logic
  • preceding previous, (the one) before
  • reason the ability to think and make wise decisions
  • empiricism the belief that ideas should be based on practical experience and experiments
  • horrendous terrible
  • social progress the improving of society
  • setting here, place
  • filthy very dirty
  • fulfilment feeling of happines and satisfaction
  • dogma blind/unquestioning faith in a certain (set of) principle(s)
  • exotic foreign
  • give rise to cause something to happen
  • burgeoning growing, flourishing
  • the Orient the countries of the East or far East
  • renowned famous
  • elope go away secretly to get married
  • pamphlet very thin book, brochure
  • antique very old
  • vast very large
  • trunkless without a torso
  • visage facial expression
  • frown moving together of the eyebrows to show worry
  • sneer facial expression showing disrespect
  • stamped on inprinted on
  • mock make fun of
  • pedestal base (of a statue)
  • ye mighty you who are powerful
  • wreck something badly damaged or destroyed
  • boundless without an end

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