Chapter 22

Question 1

adored

Answer 1

A
to love someone very much and feel very proud of them
He is adored in the world.

Question 2

boom

Answer 2

N/singular
a quick increase of business activity
OPP: slump
My company boomed these days.

Question 3

bulging

Answer 3

A
a curved mass on the surface of something, usually caused by something under or inside it
He has bulging muscles.

Question 4

capture

Answer 4

V
to catch a person and keep them as a prisoner
The police officer captured three thieves.

Question 5

cartoon

Answer 5

N/c
a short film that is made by photographing a series of drawings
I like to watch cartoons.

Question 6

comic

Answer 6

N/c
a magazine for children that tells a story using comic strips
My brother has many comics.

Question 7

costume

Answer 7

N/c
a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make them look like something such as an animal, famous person etc
Her Halloween costume is scary.

Question 8

crude

Answer 8

A
not exact or without any detail, but generally correct and useful
She told me the crude truth.

Question 9

deteriorate

Answer 9

V
to become worse
Our company deteriorate with our budget.

Question 10

endowed

Answer 10

A?
naturally having a good feature or quality
This food has endowed nutrition.

Question 11

evil

Answer 11

N/c
something that is very bad or harmful
This evil picture book should not be sold.

Question 12

fantastic

Answer 12

A
extremely good, attractive, enjoyable etc
Playing and watching soccer is fantastic.

Question 13

harsh

Answer 13

A
harsh conditions are difficult to live in and very uncomfortable
SYN: severe
The justice system is harsh on the poor.

Question 14

innocent

Answer 14

A
not guilty of a crime
OPP: guilty
She was found innocent of the stealing.

Question 15

mask

Answer 15

N/c
something that covers all or part of your face, to protect or to hide it
The child had a mask when he played with his friends.

Question 16

mortal

Answer 16

A
not able to live for ever
OPP: immortal
Human is mortal.

Question 17

naive

Answer 17

A
not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen
You are naïve to believe that.

Question 18

perpetual

Answer 18

A (usually before noun)
continuing all the time without changing or stopping
SYN: continuous
My dog has a perpetual twinkle in her eye.

Question 19

serialized

Answer 19

A
to print or broadcast a story in several separate parts
That cartoon serialized for two years.

Question 20

sketch

Answer 20

N/c
a simple, quickly made drawing that does not show much detail
Her sketch of the ocean is beautiful.

Question 21

solely

Answer 21

Adv
not involving anything or anyone else
SYN: only
She was solely responsible for the loss.

Question 22

stark

Answer 22

A
unpleasantly clear and impossible to avoid
SYN: harsh
I faced a stark reality.

Question 23

unlike

Answer 23

P
completely different from a particular person or thing
The portrait is unlike her.

Question 24

wardrobe

Answer 24

N/c
a piece of furniture like a large cupboard that you hang clothes in
There is an old wardrobe in my grandmother’s house.