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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- hythe - - lade - - wayward - - wistfully - - burnished - - jet - - strand - - twined - - stayed - - cataracts -




Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations.

Hithe. A port or haven; esp., a landing place on a river.

Pensive or melancholy; longing; showing a feeling of longing tinged with melancholy; an ostentatious display.

Stay - To stop or halt; cease or desist; pause or wait; as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing.

A black, inflammable fossil substance, susceptible of a high polish, found in beds of lignite and elsewhere, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.; also, the color of this substance, a deep, glossy black; also, the color of ____; black as ____.

The land bordering the sea or ocean, or, formerly, a river.

To load, as with a burden of cargo; charge of fill abundantly; load oppressively or burden.

To make metal smooth and bright.

To become twisted together, as two things, or as one thing with another; also, to wind by itself.