increase-look

Question 1

a slightly formal word meaning to increase

Answer 1

rise

Question 2

to increase to a high level - used about things you do not want to increase

Answer 2

escalate

Question 3

to increase very quickly and suddenly

Answer 3

shoot up

Question 4

to become twice as much

Answer 4

double

Question 5

violence in the capital has —- over the past week

Answer 5

escalated

Question 6

the company has recently —- with the creation of 39 new jobs

Answer 6

expanded

Question 7

to deliberately kill an important person

Answer 7

assassinate

Question 8

to kill someone as a punishment for a crime

Answer 8

execute

Question 9

a humorous way of saying to kill someone

Answer 9

bump someone off

Question 10

to kill someone without intending to

Answer 10

commit manslaughter

Question 11

the general was later — for war crimes

Answer 11

executed

Question 12

the gates of the city were locked and 5000 people were —-

Answer 12

massacred

Question 13

to look at something in an angry way

Answer 13

glare

Question 14

to look quickly at something, especially when you are not supposed to look

Answer 14

peek

Question 15

to look at something or someone for a long time, often without realizing that you are doing it

Answer 15

gaze

Question 16

a formal word meaning to look at something or someone, especially in a particular way

Answer 16

regard

Question 17

i couldn’t resist —- through her window as I passed

Answer 17

peeping

Question 18

the guy on the train kept — at me while he was pretending to read

Answer 18

glancing