The Addams Family EGE by helgabel

The Addams Family is a fictional household ………………..… (CREATE)
by American ………………..… (CARTOON) Charles Addams in 1938.
created
cartoonist
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The Addamses are a satirical ………………..… (INVERSE) of the ideal 20th-century American
family: an odd wealthy ………………..… (ARISTOCRAT) clan who delight in the macabre
and are ………………..… (SEEM) unaware that other people find them bizarre or frightening.
inversion
aristocratic
seemingly
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The Addams family has
had a profound influence
on / in / at / for
American media
and it has also been seen
as an ………………..…
(INSPIRE) for
the goth ………………..…
(CULTURE) and its
fashion.
inspiration
subculture
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The Addamses originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons, about half of which ………………..………………….. (ORIGINALLY / PUBLISH) in
The New Yorker between 1938 and 1988.
They ………………..……………………………... (SINCE / ADAPT) to other media.
were originally published
have since been adapted
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According for / by / to / on The Telegraph, the
Addamses "are one of the …..……………… (ICONIC)
families in American history, up there with the
Kennedys."
most iconic
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The Addamses live in an abandoned asylum
………………..… (LOCATE) in the outskirts of
New Jersey which ………………..… (HAUNT)
by a disembodied resident who demands
the property to remain undisturbed.
located
is haunted

Morticia and Gomez are ………………..… (PASSION) towards each other.
Morticia calls him “bubbeleh”, to which he responds by kissing her arms,
………………..… (BEHAVE) which Morticia can also provoke by speaking
a few words in French.
passionate
behaviour
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The family is friendly and hospitable for / to / with / by visitors.
In some cases, it is willing to donate large sums of money to causes,
despite / moreover / nevertheless / against the visitors' horror at the
Addamses' peculiar lifestyle.
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Morticia is the real head of the family. She rarely smiles.
She is ………………..… (CONTEMPT) and original
and with fierce family ………………..… (LOYAL).
She is also muted, ………………..… (WIT),
sometimes deadly.
contemptuous
loyalty
witty
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Gomez is a crafty schemer, but also a jolly man with / at / in / on
his own way. He is sentimental and often puckish — optimistic.
He is full with / to / of / at enthusiasm for his dreadful plots.

Pugsley is a ………………..…
(DEDICATE) troublemaker.
He makes toy guillotines, full
size racks and ………………..…
(THREATEN) to poison
his sister.
dedicated
threatens
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