The look on the villain's 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

I looked this question up online and found it refers to the part "bursting with evil".

Based on its structure, the word that most likely has the closest meaning is:

B. baleful.

Explanation:

If someone's face seems to be bursting with evil to the point of giving people the chills, we can say their face or look is baleful. "Baleful" is the same as "menacing" or "threatening". Someone who wears an unfriendly look all the time, as if he hates everyone or is angry and ready to yell, is someone who has a baleful look.