Chapter 1 ---- Chapter 2

Question 1

primeval

Answer 1

Of the earliest time in history.
e.g
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

Question 2

constrictors

Answer 2

A snake that kills by coiling round its prey and asphyxiating it.
e.g
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it.

Question 3

devote

Answer 3

Give all or most of one’s time or resources to (a person or activity).
e.g
The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar.

Question 4

encounters

Answer 4

Unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult).
e.g
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.

Question 5

intimately

Answer 5

In a way that involves detailed knowledge.
e.g
I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand.

Question 6

charming

Answer 6

Very pleasant or attractive.
e.g
But my drawing is certainly very much less charming than its model.

Question 7

apparition

Answer 7

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
e.g
Now I stared at this sudden apparition with my eyes fairly starting out of my head in astonishment.

Question 8

consequence

Answer 8

A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
e.g
Absurd as it might seem to me, a thousand miles from any human habitation and in danger of death.

Question 9

Absurd

Answer 9

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
e.g
Absurd as it might seem to me, a thousand miles from any human habitation and in danger of death.

Question 10

astounded

Answer 10

Shock or greatly surprise.
e.g
And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with.

Question 11

cumbersome

Answer 11

Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
e.g
A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome.

Question 12

indulgently

Answer 12

willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration
e.g
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.

Question 13

acquaintance

Answer 13

Knowledge or experience of something.
e.g
That is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.

Question 14

scarcely

Answer 14

Only just; almost not.
e.g
only just; almost not.