Chapter 2: Comfort Food

Question 1

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: usual or expected

Answer 1

Natural

Gray hair is one of the natural things of getting older.

Question 2

Part of Speech: Adjective

special or particular (always used before a noun)

Answer 2

Specific

Is there anything specific you want for dinner?

Question 3

Part of Speech: Verb

to make (someone or something) ready for some activity, purpose, use, etc.

Answer 3

Prepare

Your room is being prepared now and should be ready soon

Question 4

Part of speech: Adverb

to a certain or significant extent or degree

( quite, a bit, a little, fairly, slightly)

Answer 4

Rather

It’s getting rather late. We’d better get to bed.

The weather today is rather hot.

Question 5

Part of Speech: Verb

to think that something will probably or certainly happen

Answer 5

Expect

We expect (that) the economy will improve

I expect there will be traffic because of the snow.

Question 6

Part of Speech: Adjective

liked or enjoyed by many people

Answer 6

Popular

He is a popular guy in school.

Question 7

Part of Speech: Verb

used to say that something or someone eventually becomes something

or is found to have a particular identity, quality, ability, etc.

Answer 7

Turned out +to be

The move turned out to be a success.

As it turned out, I didn’t need an umbrella after all.

Question 8

Part of Speech: Adverb

not completely :almost

Answer 8

Nearly

I see her nearly every day.

I take the bus nearly every day.

I was nearly late to class.

Question 9

Part of Speech: Noun

the act of picking or deciding between two or more possibilities

Answer 9

Choices

He knew he had to make a choice

That was not a good choice

Question 10

Part of Speech: Other

in most cases : usually

Answer 10

In general

In general, it doesn’t cost a lot to live in Morgantown.

Question 11

Part of Speech: Verb

to talk about, write about, or refer to (something or someone) especially in a brief way

Answer 11

Mentioned

She’s never mentioned anything to me about her husband

Question 12

Part of Speech: Adjective

feeling tired because you have nothing to do or are not interest in a activity.

Answer 12

Bored

I’ve never been so bored.

This movieis really boring

Question 13

Part of Speech: Ajective

sad from being apart from other people

Answer 13

Lonely

She was a lonely child with few friends.

Question 14

Part of Speech: Noun

someone or something that is completely different from someone or something else

Answer 14

Opposite

We thought the job might be difficult, but it was quite the opposite. [=it was easy]

My two sisters are opposites of each other—one is very friendly while the other is very shy.

Question 15

Part of Speech: Other

to be involved in something : to participate in something

Answer 15

Took part in

They refused to take part in the discussion

He swore that he did not take part in the group’s illegal activities.