Question

read the sentence.
the look on the villains face seemed to be bursting with evil, and gave the moviegoers the chills.
based on its structure, which word most likely has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase?
○ apathy
○ baleful
○ dormant
○ exhume

Explanation:

1. Analyze the meaning of the underlined phrase "bursting with evil": It implies a look full of evil or harmful intent.
2. Analyze each option:

• Apathy: Means a lack of interest or concern, which is not related to evil.
• Baleful: Means threatening or harmful, which matches the idea of being full of evil.
• Dormant: Means inactive or sleeping, not related to evil.
• Exhume: Means to dig up (a corpse), which is unrelated to the context of a look full of evil.

Answer:

B. baleful