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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - Vocabulary for the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Here are some more positive and negative adjectives. Put them into the correct box. Which ones could be both?

Answer

  • Positive = optimistic, witty, sophisticated, thrilling, powerful, dramatic, polished, absorbing, unputdownable, gripping, intriguing, best-selling, haunting
  • Negative = pessimistic, flawed, clichéd, predictable, implausible, weak
  • Both = iconic, whacky, spine-chilling, classic, shocking, psychological