CAE Unit 6 reading: Superheroes

From Section A: Spider-Man

1. To creep. Past: crept Participle: crept/ d

2. Ridden /g
3. A web /b
4. To scale/e
5. To adhere/h
6. To secrete /j
7. To anchor /a
8. Nooks and crannies / i
9. Deceptively /f
10. Gossamer/k
11. Steel /c

a. Verb: To fix to something securely

b. Noun: Thin silk made by spiders
c. Noun: Extremely strong iron
d. Verb: To move very quietly
e. Verb: To move up something vertical such as a wall or fence
f. Adverb: Not what it appears to be – a kind of lie
g. Adjective: Full of
h. Verb: Attach to
i. Idiom: Very small places which are hard to see
j. Verb: To come out of something, especially skin
k. Noun: Very light, thin fabric

From Section B: Superman

1. To flee/c
2. Doomed/j
3. Mild-mannered/i
4. Leap/b
5. Harvest /e
6. Photosynthesis /f
7. Accelerate/a
8. Tremendous /h
9. Reserve/ d
10. Feat/g

a. Verb: To speed up
b. Verb: To take a huge jump
c. Verb: To run away from danger
d. Noun: Something stored for later
e. Verb: When crops are ready, we pick them
f. Noun: Complex process that plants undergo, using the sun’s energy and chlorophyll
g. Noun: A great challenge, especially one involving a lot of physical strength
h. Adjective: This can mean wonderful, or very large in size
i. Compound adjective: Someone who is very gentle and doesn’t have emotional extremes
 j. Adjective: Unavoidable bad fortune

From Section C: Magneto

1. Mutant/g
2. Feared/a
3. Despised/c
4. Isolate/d
5. Levitate/f
6. Magnetic/j
7. Float/i
8. Conventional/b
9. Friction/e
10. Repel/h
11. Pole/k
12. Magnetic field/l

a. Adjective: Someone or something that others are afraid of

b. Adjective: Normal, ordinary
c. Adjective: Hated
d. Verb: To not be a part of society
e. Noun: When two things rub against each other
f. Verb: To rise in the air. Usually used as a supernatural way of defying gravity
g. Noun: A freak; something abnormal
h. Verb: A force that pushes something else away
i. Verb: To not be connected to the ground but to stand above it
j. Adjective: Something that can attract something else, especially iron
k. Noun: Usually a long piece of metal. This can also be the top or bottom point of something,
like our planet.
l. Compound noun: The area that is magnetic

From Section D: The Incredible Hulk

1. Gamma
2. Reckless
3. Stray
4. Fury
5. Temper
6. Boost
7. Mask
8. Camouflage
a. Adjective: Without concern or thought about safety
b. Noun: Very strong anger
c. Noun: A unit of magnetic field strength
d. Verb: To unintentionally enter an area
e. Verb: To increase
f. Verb: To disguise
g. Noun: Used to hide someone or something
h. Noun: If you lose this, it means you’re very angry