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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's sentence.





- gratuitous - - brawny - - trivial - - obligation - - predestine - - emanate - - diffuse - - abstractedly - - melancholy - - synthetic -




I feel I'm under obligation to attend my sister's wedding, even though we have a very frosty relationship.

With her love of cooking, it seemed she was predestined to become a chef.

She looked up over the page, ran her eye abstractedly across the room, but gave no sign at all of seeing him.

A soft melody emanated from the cracked door to the parlor.

She preferred to concern herself with deep thoughts and introspection over trivial ideas and unimportant matters.

My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.

His actions were a blatant and gratuitous insult to the people of this town.

Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.

The candle diffused the scent of cotton throughout the whole house.

Some clothing brands have begun using synthetic fibers instead of cotton in their garments.