What's the Meaning of All This? Quiz

Answer:

Delay means to detain or to make late. Hence delaying/running late sit comfortably in the same stable.

Destiny/fate both pertain to the future and events that will happen to a person.

Entry/door. They're both an opening or a portal to another room, building or world.

Comprehension is the ability to "understand" something. As a result, the two words go hand-in-hand. In this passage both have been treated as nouns, indicating knowledge.

Anger/ire are both strong feelings of annoyance. I would have preferred to have used either vexation or resentment in the poem, however, they did not fit the metre of the passage.

Damned/condemned are both words that speak of being doomed or cursed to suffer a particular fate. For example, he was doomed (or condemned) to spend eternity in Hell.

Rascal/reprobate. In times gone by a reprobate was deemed to be a sinner; however, in current times we're more apt to view a reprobate as an "unprincipled person". A bit like a rascal, a scallywag, rogue or scoundrel.

Erose/serrate. Erose is an adjective that means jagged or uneven, which makes it a suitable synonym to describe a knife with a serrated edge, as compared to one with a straight or curved edge.

Betrothed, basically, means to be "engaged" to be married.

Heart/core. Aside from being a vital human organ, heart also means the central part of something. For example, "the heart of the matter". Likewise, core has a similar meaning, as in "the core of the apple" is its central part.