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Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Key #1 (Answer ID 11097588)

Word List banal benediction canvass desert fallow hiatus hypochondriac laconic moribund salvation

Matching

Match each definition with a word.

1.   a. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. b. Heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents).    canvass	2.   A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments. _________________
3.   A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness.   _________________	4.   a. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. b. A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript). _________________
5.   Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. _________________	6.   a. An arid region with little or no vegetation. b. Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.   _________________
7.   a. Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons. b. Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season.   _________________	8.   a. Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. b. On the point of death; breathing your last.   _________________
9.   a. The act of praying for divine protection. b. A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection. _________________	10.   a. Obvious and dull. b. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. _________________

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Key #2 (Answer ID 21087120)

Word List banal benediction canvass desert fallow hiatus hypochondriac laconic moribund salvation

Matching

Match each definition with a word.

1.   a. An arid region with little or no vegetation. b. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.      desert	2.   a. Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. b. The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete. _________________
3.   a. Undeveloped but potentially useful.   b. Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons. _________________	4.   A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments. _________________
5.   a. Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. b. On the point of death; breathing your last.   _________________	6.   Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. _________________
7.   a. Obvious and dull. b. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. _________________	8.   A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness.   _________________
9.   a. The act of praying for divine protection. b. A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection. _________________	10.   a. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. b. A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript). _________________

 

Answer Key Key # 1 (11097588)

1	canvass
2	hypochondriac
3	salvation
4	hiatus
5	laconic
6	desert
7	fallow
8	moribund
9	benediction
10	banal

 

Answer Key Key # 2 (21087120)

1	desert
2	canvass
3	fallow
4	hypochondriac
5	moribund
6	laconic
7	banal
8	salvation
9	benediction
10	hiatus