Matching
Match each word with its definition. In some sets there
are more words than definitions; in others, there are more definitions
than words.
Set 1
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1. novelty |
A. causing laughter |
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2. competitive |
B. desiring to strive
for an objective |
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3. imitate |
C. despising someone or
something |
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4. apologetic |
D. to abandon |
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5. comic |
E. a state of mind; a
strong feeling |
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6. contemptuous |
F. something new or unusual |
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7. desert |
G. regretfully acknowledging
fault or failure |
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8. emotion |
H. to ruin or put out
of existence |
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9. destroy |
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Set 2
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1. disregard |
A. something that marks
the limit or dividing line |
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2. debatable |
B. commonplace; dull |
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3. prosaic |
C. an instance of double
meaning |
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4. suppress |
D. marked by actively
expressed opposition |
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5. ambiguity |
E. sympathy; pity |
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6. antagonistic |
F. something that restores
health |
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7. boundary |
G. to cause a person to
become powerless |
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8. consensus |
H. open to dispute |
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9. corrective |
I. to pay no attention
to |
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J. unity of opinion |
Set 3
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1. deride |
A. to regard with deep
respect |
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2. electorate |
B. love of pleasure |
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3. hedonism |
C. failure to exercise
care |
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4. lubricant |
D. to confuse |
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5. negligence |
E. something that minimizes
friction |
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6. perplex |
F. acting stealthily or
secretly |
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7. venerate |
G. a body of people entitled
to vote |
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8. surreptitious |
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Set 4
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1. scrutinize |
A. to examine methodically |
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2. stimulus |
B. the chief person in
a work of fiction |
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3. protagonist |
C. something that animates |
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4. integrity |
D. a proposition put forward
as the basis for further investigation |
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5. hypothesis |
E. deceptive |
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6. illusory |
F. to plan, especially
a conspiracy |
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7. persuasive |
G. a designer of a complex
plan |
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8. plot |
H. a plan or program of
action |
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9. architect |
I. having a specified
outline or form |
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10. blueprint |
J. free from moral corruption |
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K. tending to successfully
convince someone of an action or belief |
