Question

name:

1. juxtaposition
2. drear (like dreary)
3. wrack
4. piteous
5. attrition
6. lamentation
7. novice
8. avarice
9. despicable
10. retrograde
11. reprimand
12. depraved
13. debauchery
14. dalliance
15. writhe
16. blaspheme
17. dexterously
18. clamber
19. nimble
20. vex

a. a beginner; greenhorn; amateur
b. rebuke; criticize; scold
c. tryst; rendezvous; flirting
d. causing depression; gloomy; grim
e. to cause the ruin of; to wreck
f. irritate; trouble; disturb; anger; harass
g. climb with difficulty; scramble; scrabble
h. quick or light on one’s feet; agile
i. hateful, wretched, abominable
j. sorrowful; distressing; deserving or arousing pity
k. speak irreverently of god; slander; curse
l. the act or cry of grief; mourning, weeping
m. nimbly; deftly; expertly; use hands skillfully
n. the act of putting 2 things side - by - side; comparing
o. to squirm; contort or wiggle in agony
p. indulgence in temporal pleasures; binge
q. avarice; insatiable desire for wealth
r. corrupt or wicked; sinful, perverted
s. wearing away; repentance (fear of punishment)
t. move backward; decline; revert; degenerate

Explanation:

Match each word on the left - hand side with its correct definition on the right - hand side based on common English language meanings.

Answer:

1. n. the act of putting 2 things side - by - side; comparing
2. d. causing depression; gloomy; grim
3. e. to cause the ruin of; to wreck
4. j. sorrowful; distressing; deserving or arousing pity
5. s. wearing away; repentance (fear of punishment)
6. l. the act or cry of grief; mourning, weeping
7. a. a beginner; greenhorn; amateur
8. q. avarice; insatiable desire for wealth
9. i. hateful, wretched, abominable
10. t. move backward; decline; revert; degenerate
11. b. rebuke; criticize; scold
12. r. corrupt or wicked; sinful, perverted
13. p. indulgence in temporal pleasures; binge
14. c. tryst; rendezvous; flirting
15. o. to squirm; contort or wiggle in agony
16. k. speak irreverently of God; slander; curse
17. m. nimbly; deftly; expertly; use hands skillfully
18. g. climb with difficulty; scramble; scrabble
19. h. quick or light on one’s feet; agile
20. f. irritate; trouble; disturb; anger; harass