Vocabulary: Matching Exercise VI

For each word in the list on the left side: click and hold on the box beside it and choose one of the definitions in the list that pops up. When you're done, click on "Check Answers." If you score less than 85% (giving away one for carelessness), get out the dictionary, figure out the right answers, and take the test again until you get them all right. Then, most importantly, follow the recommendations in the section on Vocabulary Building to make these words part of your own vocabulary.

innocuous	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
lethargy	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
virtuoso	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
tedium	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
nostalgia	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
insipid	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
garrulous	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
transitory	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
flip	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
alacrity	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
ligneous	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
mellifluous	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
saturnine	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
connoisseur	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow
gourmand	smooth, honey-like wooden speedy eagerness lover of food, glutton stupidly dull sluggish, gloomy boredom an expert longing for past talkative, wordy laziness, sluggishness ephemeral, temporary masterful artist harmless frivolous, shallow

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