Answer:
Prosaic - not fanciful or imaginative
Incongruous - lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Anticipation - an expectation
Laborious - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Erode - become ground down or deteriorate
Abattoirs - a building where animals are butchered
Explanation:
Prosaic - dull and bland, not creative
Incongruous - doesn't connect or bond together, opposite forces
Anticipation - the feeling of adrenaline for something
Laborious - applying energy to where your body is extremely drained
Erode - sooner or later something will fade
Abattoirs - a place where animals are killed
The answer is that it was <span>bleak an unfavorable place where typically nothing thrives</span>
This is actually true, and incredibly interesting. The phrase wasn't even used this way until Orwell decided to use it.