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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- engines - - warrant - - gnashed - - croaking - - jibbering - - jabbering - - shrieking - - skriking -




To utter a low, hoarse, dismal cry, as a frog or raven; hence to speak with a low, hollow voice; fig., to talk despondently; forebode evil; grumble; also, to die (slang) or to kill (slang).

To utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry; of persons, to cry out sharply at a high pitch of voice, often wildly or frantically, as with terror, rage, pain, delight, etc.

To afford ____ or sanction for, or justify; to give a formal assurance, or guarantee or promise.

To utter in a shrill, harsh cry.

To move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; refuse to go on; balk.

To talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; chatter unintelligibly or senselessly.

An invention; a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering-ram, catapult, etc; an instrument of torture.

To strike or grind (the teeth) together, esp., in rage or pain.