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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- carven - - surly - - store - - wretched - - portcullis - - flagons - - heady - - stifling - - slowcoach - - draught -




Lordly, arrogant, or domineering; hence churlishly rude or ill-humored or in the manner, tone, expression, etc. Uncivil or morose.

The supply or stock of necessities ____d up, as for future use; supplies of food, clothing, etc; a supply of anything.

make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Drinking, or a drink or potion.

tending to intoxicate

Deplorably unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable; deeply unhappy in mind; in an unsatisfactory physical condition.

Carved; fashioned or ornamented by carving.

A large bottle for wine, etc.; also, a vessel for holding liquids, as for use at table, esp. one with a handle, a spout and usually a cover.

In a fortification, a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide in vertical grooves at the sides of the gateway of a fortified place, and let down to prevent entrance.

One who is slow in moving, acting, working, thinking, etc. one deficient in quickness, energy, briskness, etc. In American English it would be slowpoke.