Royal University of Phnom Penh LS201

Institute of Foreign Languages HSP

Department of English

THE HITCHHIKER
By Roald Dahl

Instructions: Find the correct word for each definition and write your answer on
Page 2. You may use the crossword below as a hint to help you.

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Royal University of Phnom Penh LS201
Institute of Foreign Languages HSP
Department of English

Summon 1. to order someone to come to a place

Genuine 2. real and exactly what it appears to be

3. a type of lawyer in Britain who gives legal advice, prepares the necessary
Solicitor documents when property is bought or sold and defends people especially in the
lower courts of law
Great 4. (of a number or amount) impressively large
Thunderstruc
5. extremely surprised or shocked
k
Permit 6. to push or force in a confined space

Huffily 7. in a serious and unhappy way

Mum 8. to keep _________: to say nothing about a subject

Slyly 9. differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal

Dreaded 10. making you feel afraid or anxious - often humorously

Peculiar 11. unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way

Executioner 12. a person who kills people who have been sentenced to death

Conjuror 13. a person who entertains people by doing magic tricks

14. to work more slowly and with less effort than usual, or to go more slowly
15. having achieved a great victory or feeling very happy and proud because of
such an achievement
16. to feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that the
person or thing is bad or has no value
17. very full of people or things

18. graceful and attractive in appearance or behavior

19. a prison; jail; lockup

20. to ________ a lift: to stand near the edge of a road and hold out your hand
with the thumb raised as a signal for a vehicle to stop and take you somewhere
Lamely 21. weakly

22. a gullible person, especially one who is swindled easily

23. rude and likely to upset or anger people, especially by referring to sex and
Vulgar
the body in an unpleasant way

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