ACT 2 Definition MATCH Exercise

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ACT 2 Definition MATCH Exercise 18 vocabulary words from The Most Important Match the 18 definitions below to the vocabulary SAT* #2 puzzles. words on the left. Alphabetical list of 18 words: candid, inevitable, lethargy, morose, novice,  a. -- hypothetical; existing only in principle; obscure, ostentatious, precocious, not practical prevaricate,  b. -- a natural impulse or tendency; without querulous, quiescent, repose, repudiate, premeditation soporific,  c. -- hard to perceive; nebulous; meaning not spontaneous, squander, theoretical, virulent clear or plain  d. -- a beginner; person who is new to a  1. _____ ostentatious work place or situation  2. _____ morose  e. -- sullenly ill-humored (person);  3. _____ quiescent expressing gloom; glum  4. _____ precocious  f. -- frank or outspoken; free from  5. _____ theoretical reservation or disguise  6. _____ obscure  g. -- characterized by a pretentious show in  7. _____ soporific order to impress  8. _____ lethargy  h. -- carping; characterized by or full of  9. _____ prevaricate complaints  10. _____ inevitable  i. -- actively poisonous; intensely noxious;  11. _____ candid deadly  12. _____ squander  j. -- anything causing or tending to cause  13. _____ repudiate sleep; drowsy  14. _____ virulent  k. -- to speak falsely or misleadingly so as to  15. _____ querulous avoid the truth; to lie  16. _____ spontaneous  l. -- unable to be avoided, evaded or  17. _____ novice escaped; certain  m. -- state of being at rest; dignified calmness; sleep  18. _____ repose  n. -- unusually advanced or mature development or talent  o. -- to spend or use extravagantly, lavishly or wastefully  p. -- being at rest; quiet or still; in active or motionless  Q. -- to reject with disapproval, condemnation or denial

 r. -- state of being dull, listless, drowsy or unenergetic