Lesson 23   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
forthright
fortify
fortuitous
fragile
frail
frenzy
frigid
frivolous
frugal
fruitless
fugitive
furrow
furtive
futile
galaxy
galling
gamely
garble
garish
garner
generalize
generate
generation
genre
geology
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      frigid 1. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm; gelid; arctic
___________________________ 2. a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania; furor
___________________________ 3. outspoken and to the point; straightforward; aboveboard
___________________________ 4. the time period between the birth of parents and the birth of their children.
___________________________ 5. useless; unproductive; without results or success; abortive; vain
___________________________ 6. to bring into existence; cause to be; produce; spawn; parent; originate
___________________________ 7. unlikely to produce or incapable of producing a desired result; ineffective; useless; ineffectual; unavailable
___________________________ 8. to provide with fortifications, as against military attack; energize; strengthen; reinforce
___________________________ 9. happening or appearing by chance, as a coincidence; casual; odd; contingent
___________________________ 10. Astron. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space.(usually cap.) See"Milky Way."
___________________________ 11. to infer or form (a general principle, opinion, conclusion, etc.) from only a few facts, examples, or the like.
___________________________ 12. tending to economize; thrifty; wary; sparing; canny
___________________________ 13. a particular type, sort, or kind.
___________________________ 14. to accumulate or acquire; harvest; reap; gather
___________________________ 15. a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface; corrugation; crinkle
___________________________ 16. easily damaged; delicate; shatterable; fracturable; frail
___________________________ 17. having delicate health; not robust; weak; infirm; decrepit
___________________________ 18. that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating; rub; chafe; graze
___________________________ 19. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense; flighty; featherbrained; dizzy
___________________________ 20. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret; hugger-mugger
___________________________ 21. the study of this science.
___________________________ 22. someone who is escaping or running away, as from the police, persecution, responsibilities, or the like; passing; momentary; fugacious
___________________________ 23. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings; chintzy; brazen; meretricious
___________________________ 24. to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible; pervert; misrepresent
___________________________ 25. to play games of chance; gamble.