Personification

1. Somebody who embodies something: an embodiment or perfect example of something.

2. A representation of an abstract quality or notion as a human being, especially in art or literature.

3. The attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions.

The definition pretty much covers personification.

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Solemn

1. Earnest: Having or showing sincerity and gravity.

2. Humorless: Having or showing no joy or humor.

3. Formal: Characterized by ceremony or formality.

4. Celigious: Observed with sacred or religious ceremony.

5. Awe-inspiring: Inspiring wonder or reverence.

Solemn people are boring.

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Delirious

1. Irrational through illness: Irrational as a temporary result of a physical condition such as fever, poisoning, or brain injury.

2. Excited: Extremely excited or emotional

She's delirious with joy.

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Trowel

1. A small hand tool with a short handle and a flat, usually pointed blade used for spreading, shaping, and smoothing plaster, cement, mortar or dirt.

2. A gardner's hand tool with a short handle and a curved tapering blade, used for making holes to put plants and seedlings in and for other light digging work.

So in fact it's just a small spade-ish tool.

1. Builders use trowels to flatten cement.
2. A gardner uses a trowel to dig SMALL holes.

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VAT

Short for Value Added Tax.

VAT is the tax put on products.

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Immobile

1. Motionless: without moving.

2. Incapable of motion: Unable to move or be moved.

He stood perfectly immobile for a few seconds.

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Abolitionist

A person who campaigns for the abolition (= banning) of something.

A person who campaigned for the abolition of slavery is an abolitionist.

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