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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's sentence.





- gelatinous - - translucent - - debauch - - fret - - lurid - - harangue - - prodigy - - neurotically - - tepid - - irrevocably -




His limbs felt gelatinous after today's intense workout.

I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.

He was neurotically obsessed with keeping his clothes neat.

As I supported him towards his lodgings I could see that he was not only suffering from the effects of a recent debauch, but that a long course of intemperance had affected his nerves and his brain.

My life changed irrevocably in an instant.

On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.

She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.

Accounts of omens, portents, prodigies and other remarkable things apparently took up a considerable portion of the work.

The window curtains were fretted by moths and intense winds.

The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.