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Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

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The Words 91<br />

Quiz 33 (Matching)<br />

Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />

Answers are on page 102.<br />

1. STAVE A. distress<br />

2. STEVEDORE B. diligent<br />

3. STRAIT C. ward off<br />

4. STUDIOUS D. longshoreman<br />

5. SUBJUGATE E. various<br />

6. SUBTERFUGE F. overabundant<br />

7. SUNDRY G. suppress<br />

8. SUPERFLUOUS H. cunning<br />

9. SUPINE I. dreamlike<br />

10. SURREAL J. lying on the back<br />

swatch strip of fabric<br />

sweltering hot<br />

swivel a pivot<br />

sybarite pleasure-seeker<br />

sycophant flatterer, flunky<br />

syllabicate divide into syllables<br />

syllabus schedule<br />

sylph a slim, graceful girl<br />

sylvan rustic<br />

symbiotic cooperative, working in<br />

close association<br />

symmetry harmony, congruence<br />

symposium panel (discussion)<br />

symptomatic indicative<br />

synagogue temple<br />

syndicate cartel<br />

syndrome set of symptoms<br />

synod council<br />

synopsis brief summary<br />

synthesis combination<br />

systole heart contraction<br />

T<br />

tabernacle temple<br />

table postpone<br />

tableau scene, backdrop<br />

taboo prohibition<br />

tabulate arrange<br />

tacit understood without being spoken<br />

taciturn untalkative<br />

tactful sensitive<br />

tactics strategy<br />

tactile tangible<br />

taint pollute<br />

talion punishment<br />

tally count<br />

talon claw<br />

tandem two or more things together<br />

tang strong taste<br />

tangential peripheral

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