This document contains a vocabulary matching exercise where students are asked to match 10 vocabulary words with their definitions. The words include: assuage, tyrannical, morbid, malevolent, scrawl, vexing, mortification, amiable, sluggish, and judicious. The definitions cover meanings such as: to soothe, cruel rule, gruesome, harmful, write poorly, torment, humiliation, friendly, slow, and wise.
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TKAM Vocabulary Matching I
This document contains a vocabulary matching exercise where students are asked to match 10 vocabulary words with their definitions. The words include: assuage, tyrannical, morbid, malevolent, scrawl, vexing, mortification, amiable, sluggish, and judicious. The definitions cover meanings such as: to soothe, cruel rule, gruesome, harmful, write poorly, torment, humiliation, friendly, slow, and wise.
1. assuage ____ a. a feeling of humiliation or shame, as
through some injury to one's pride or self- respect 2. tyrannical ____ b. evil; harmful. wishing harm to others.
3. morbid ____ c. having or showing pleasant, good-
natured personal qualities; friendly 4. malevolent ____ d. to write awkwardly, carelessly, or illegibly 5. scrawl ____ e. to soothe, calm, or make less severe
6. vexing ____ f. having, exercising, or characterized by
good judgment; wise, sensible, 7. mortification ____ g. gruesome; grisly. suggesting an unhealthy mental state. 8. amiable ____ h. slow to act or respond
9. sluggish ____ i. unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe. “ruling
with an iron fist” 10. judicious ____ j. to torment or trouble; distress; plague; worry