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Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
lugubrious 
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 | part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border |
| offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting |
| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree |
| song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep |
lullaby
2
| song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep |
| put or throw flat with face down; cause to lie flat |
| a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing |
| rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
nibble
3
| bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits |
| extremely fat; grossly overweight |
| skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer |
| rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
palpable
4
| pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
| tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable |
| pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate |
| part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border |
pervade
5
| overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward |
| pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless |
| pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of |
| rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
plaintive
6
| conformed to order; in order; regular; well-regulated |
| burn superficially; parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn |
| do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront |
| expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad |
plead
7
| appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse |
| physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory |
| a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing |
| removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated |
profuse
8
| in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal |
| overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward |
| landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships |
| appeal or request earnestly; enter a plea; offer as an excuse |
raiment
9
| clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume |
| gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter |
| often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound |
| expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad |
recede
10
| physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory |
| laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense |
| rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order |
| move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension |