1. habitual
Something that is inveterate is long-established and long-standing. Something that has been going on for a long time so it is unlikely to change.
2. d.
Pensive means to be deep in thought.
3. traveling
Think itinerary here. An itinerary is a plan or outline of events for a trip. Itinerant entertainers are ones that travel from place to place.
5. trite
Trite means something that is boring, typical and not out of the ordinary. Their topics of conversation were just the standard ones like weather.
6. leeway
When you have leeway for something, you have the space or freedom to do it. This is what latitude means in the sentence. It is saying that the people were not given the freedom to consume pork.
7. rhinoceroses
The people all turn into rhinoceroses because they are nothing more than unintelligent, conforming beasts.
8. honest
The honest man causes problems because the rest of the people are all liars and thieves.
9. Frost
Throughout the poem he makes a lot of references that compare the ice to glass. Almost as though the disappointment has made the girl seem fragile and breakable.
10. abstinence
The title is "Forbidden Fruit". The narrator is proud of the fact that even though he has a strong desire for the fruit, he does not eat it.
11. True
However, God appears as a witness not as a judge. This preserves the ideals of human justice.
12. False
He was not allowed to go because the Soviet Union refused to let him. He was still able to receive it though.
