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Question 1

enthusiastic

Answer 1

feeling or showing a lot of interest and excitement about something

Question 1

likeable

likable

Answer 1

likable people are nice and easy to like

Question 2

assertive

Answer 2

behaving in a confident way, so that people notice you

Question 3

basically

Answer 3

used to emphasize the most important reason or fact about something, or a simple explanation of something

Question 4

qualifiers

Answer 4

GRAMMAR

a word or phrase that limits or adds to the meaning of another word or phrase

Question 5

hesitate

Answer 5

to pause before saying or doing something because you are nervous or not sure

Question 6

hesitation

Answer 6

when someone hesitates

Question 7

obviously

Answer 7

used to mean that a fact can easily be noticed or understood

SYN clearly

Question 8

strengthen

Answer 8

to become stronger or make something stronger

OPP weaken

Question 9

bracket

Answer 9

one of the pair of signs () put around words to show extra information
SYN parenthesisAmE

Question 10

slash

Answer 10

a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters

Question 11

backslash

Answer 11

a line () used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters

Question 12

exclamation mark

Answer 12

the mark (!) that you write after a sentence or word that expresses surprise, anger, or excitement

Question 13

asterisk

Answer 13

a mark like a star (*), used especially to show something interesting or important

Question 14

colon

Answer 14

the sign (:) that is used in writing and printing to introduce an explanation, example, quotation (1) etc➔ semicolon

Question 15

semicolon

Answer 15

a punctuation mark (;) used to separate different parts of a sentence or list

Question 16

dash

Answer 16

a line [ – ] used in writing to separate two closely related parts of a sentence, as for example, in the sentence ‘Go home – they’re waiting for you.

Question 17

strengths

Answer 17

a particular quality or ability that gives someone or something an advantage
OPP weakness

Question 18

ghosts

Answer 18

the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place

Question 19

intensifiers

Answer 19

a word, usually an adverb, that is used to emphasize an adjective, adverb, or verb, for example the word ‘absolutely’ in the phrase ‘that’s absolutely wonderful’

Question 20

reservation

Answer 20

an arrangement which you make so that a place in a hotel, restaurant, plane etc is kept for you at a particular time in the future➔ booking

Question 21

articulate

Answer 21

able to talk easily and effectively about things, especially difficult subjects
OPP inarticulate