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Vocabulary
Learning Activity 2

2-1: Matching

Match the word with the correct definition.

burden   1. Having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting
majestic   2. Archaic, uncultivated; growing wild
serrated   3. Implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odours
savageness   4. Deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion
forsaken   5. That which is borne with difficulty or obligation
torrents   6. The foretelling or prediction of what is to come
morose   7. Having or showing lofty dignity or nobility; stately, grand
frenzied   8. Gloomily or sullenly ill-humoured, as a person or mood
pungent   9. Showing great respect
reverent   10. Renounce or turn away from entirely (abandoned; deserted)
erratic   11. Violently agitated; frantic; wild
prophecy   12. A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring