REVIEW F5 U4

idea or notion

• brainchild

• fan base

• mainstream

• backlash

faithful followers

• mates

• fan base

• mainstream

• backlash

popular or common

• soundproof

• fan base

• mainstream

• backlash

built to prevent noise getting in

• purpose-built

• soundproof

• backlash

• brainchild

negative response

• backlash

• flop

• decline

• prominence

having power, authority, or influence over others

• ascendant

• affluent

• reluctant

• prominance

standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable;

• mainstream

• ascendant

• resurgent

• prominent

She first came into ....... during the late forties, when she starred in a few movies.

• arrival

• prominence

• ascendancy

• awareness

Many readers will fall by ...... as the terminology becomes more complicated.

• the wayside

• the resurgence

• the downturn

• the prominence

Some flowers, such as snowdrops or crocuses, are said to ___the arrival of spring.