Ww Lesson 18

Front 1

Alive or seeming to be alive

Back 1

Animated

Front 2

Full of energy; lively

Back 2

Animated

Front 3

To be disloyal to

Back 3

Betray

Front 4

To show; to reveal

Back 4

Betray

Front 5

To make someone feel sure or certain; to persuade

Back 5

Convince

Front 6

To slope or pass to a lower level

Back 6

Decline

Front 7

To refuse to accept

Back 7

Decline

Front 8

To become less or weaker

Back 8

Decline

Front 9

A change to a smaller amount or lower level

Back 9

Decline

Front 10

A loss of strength or power

Back 10

Decline

Front 11

Very funny

Back 11

Hilarious

Front 12

The state of being similar; something that is similar

Back 12

Likeness

Front 13

Poor in quality or insufficient in amount

Back 13

Meager

Front 14

Harm or damage

Back 14

Mischief

Front 15

Behavior that causes harm or trouble

Back 15

Mischief

Front 16

Playfulness; harmless amusement

Back 16

Mischief

Front 17

Playful in a naughty way

Back 17

Mischievous

Front 18

To arrange by talking over

Back 18

Negotiate

Front 19

To travel successfully along or over

Back 19

Negotiate

Front 20

No longer sold or in wide use because out-of-date

Back 20

Obsolete

Front 21

To hold onto; to keep possession of

Back 21

Retain

Front 22

To hire the services of

Back 22

Retain

Front 23

A feeling that comes from stimulation of the senses

Back 23

Sensation

Front 24

A feeling of great interest or excitement or the cause of such a feeling

Back 24

Sensation

Front 25

Causing great curiosity and interest

Back 25

Sensational

Front 26

Very great or excellent

Back 26

Sensational

Front 27

Dark; gloomy

Back 27

Somber

Front 28

Sad; serious

Back 28

Somber

Front 29

Coming later; following

Back 29

Subsequent

Front 30

To promise seriously

Back 30

Vow

Front 31

A pledge; a promise

Back 31

Vow

Front 32

In 1927 Walt Disney worked in the movie business, producing short ______ cartoons.

Back 32

Animated

Front 33

During those four years his business provided him with a ______ living, and he worked hard on films to pay off debt.

Back 33

Meager

Front 34

Walt Disney decided to go to NY with his wife, Lilly, to ________ a better deal for himself.

Back 34

Negotiate

Front 35

At the meeting, the distributor not only _________ all of Disney's proposals, but also told the young filmmaker that he would reduce the payments he was making for each cartoon

Back 35

Declined

Front 36

Disney was bitter that the distributor had _______ him, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Back 36

Betrayed

Front 37

He _____ never to sell another of his movies to anyone.

Back 37

Vowed

Front 38

He would rent them to distributors, but in the future he would ________ ownership.

Back 38

Retain

Front 39

Walt Disney was in a ______ mood when he and Lilly boarded the train for Los Angeles.

Back 39

Somber

Front 40

Immediately Lilly noticed the ________ between her husband and the creature (mouse) he had drawn; both had a look of harmless _______.

Back 40

Likeness; mischief

Front 41

She (Lilly) was ___________ that audiences would love the little mouse with the happy face.

Back 41

Convinced

Front 42

Suddenly silent movies were ___________.

Back 42

Obsolete

Front 43

When the movie opened in NY in September 1928, it was a _________.

Back 43

Sensation

Front 44

Audiences roared with laughter at Mickey's _________ adventures, and ________ movies starring the little mouse were equally successful at the box office.

Back 44

Hilarious; Subsequent