Harry Potter (Book 1)

Question 1

Exasperate (n)/ Exasperated (adj)

Answer 1

Angry/ intensely irritating and frustrating.

Question 2

Smithereens

Answer 2

Small pieces (plural noun, Brit. informal).

Question 3

Apprehensive

Answer 3

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Question 4

Reckon

Answer 4

• To think/ believe (informal).

- To consider.

Question 5

While away (verb)

Answer 5

• pass, spend, kill (time).

Question 6

Beckon

Answer 6

Making a gesture to encourage or instruct someone.

Question 7

Indignation

Answer 7

Resentment

Question 8

Stoop

Answer 8

• Lower oneself.

- Bend down (body).

Question 9

Astounding

Answer 9

Impressive, shocking, amazing

Question 10

Astonishment

Answer 10

Great surprise

Question 11

Unhinged

Answer 11

Deranged

Question 12

Unnerving

Answer 12

Discouraged/ disheartened

Question 13

Eventual

Answer 13

Final, ultimate.

Question 14

Chortle

Answer 14

• Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.

Question 15

Rattle

Answer 15

1. V: make/cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds.
2. Informal (v): make (someone) nervous, worried, or irritated.

Question 16

Billowing (adj)

Answer 16

• (Of fabric) filled with air and swelling outwards.

- (Of smoke, cloud, or steam) moving or flowing outwards with an undulating motion.