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Select the correct definition for each word.

Meticulous

a first engagement that was not successful extremely careful with details a high quantity of sand

Pandemic

existing everywhere to repress to be scared

Annex

an addition to a document the vertical groove located between the upper lip and nose immediately adjacent to

Quaint

charmingly old fashioned someone who takes risks a person who speaks quietly

Poise

a flower type hold or carry in equilibrium to use something for its correct purpose

Ajar

slightly open or almost closed a container something that is stuck

Adverse

next to the last opposed to one’s interests the lyric in a poem or song

Barrage

to intrude or interrupt rudely a freighter an overwhelming number of questions or blows

Spite

a high level of sewage a desire to hurt or annoy a procedure whereby lime flavoring is injected into a carbonated beverage

Astonish

to abandon an area the corner of a chimney surprise or amaze

Vociferous

someone who is fearless someone who has a deep voice loud or boisterous

Boor

an unrefined and bad-mannered person an uncultivated area of land covered with heather to dig into something

Antiseptic

scrupulously clean or pure having distrust towards someone a monarch without a scepter

Alias

someone who is united in opinion an expression of unhappiness a name that has been assumed temporarily

Amorphous

a child who has lost both their parents having two or more possible answers having no distinct form or shape

Benevolent

working for a good cause one who has experienced violence in their past showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

Wary

a union of two things cautious or leery the feeling of exhaustion

Coerce

a door with two hinges to make somebody do something by force work together to build a structure

Wrought

a long thin tube beaten out or shaped by hammering a vegetable that has started to decay

Menace

something that is the popular topic of discussion a possible threat or danger traditional outfit for men in the 50’s