Question

Match the words in bold type from the text with their

definitions below.


a. the state of being extremely dirty and unplea-

sant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect;

b. fatal infectious disease transmitted by fleas

from rats;

c. to prevent or constrain (an activity or idea);

d. greater when compared with others in size,

number, importance, or seriousness;

e. to represent (something) as being larger, better,

or worse than it really is;

f. no longer modern or fashionable;

g. a building in a college or university, where stu-

dents live and sleep;

h. (of words, remarks, actions, etc.) not governed

or influenced by rules, responsibilities, or the

like.​

Answer 1

a)Squalor

b)Plague

c)To stifle

d)Major

e)Exaggerated

f)Old-fashioned

g)Dorm

h)Free-wheeling