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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- confer - - besiege - - credulous - - spurious - - preponderance - - diminution - - indefatigable - - tacit - - tenet - - execrate -




Extremely persistent and untiring.

False, not authentic, not genuine.

surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor

grant or bestow (a title, degree, benefit, or right)

the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

A lessening, decrease or reduction.