Do this exercise and test your vocabulary power.
The words and phrases on the left can be found in the story
"The Spell of Longing - An Elegy for Rose (republished)". Match those words or phrases on the left to the correct definition or meaning on the right.
| Word/Phrase | Definition |
- Carry on (verb)
- Drizzling, drizzle (verb)
- Cheerful (adjective)
- Demanded, demand (verb)
- Strolled, stroll (verb)
- Loosely (adverb)
- Glistened, glisten (verb)
- Dim (adjective)
- Reticent (adjective)
- Clammy (adjective)
- Curiosity (noun)
- Figure out (verb)
- Stared, stare (verb)
- Paraphrased, paraphrase (verb)
- Throbbed, throb (verb)
- Trembling, tremble (verb)
- Teasing, tease (verb)
- Shatter (verb)
- Scent (noun)
- Pledged, pledge (verb)
- Sight (noun)
- Adored, adore (verb)
- Ripping, rip (verb)
- Beneath (preposition)
- Hollow (noun)
| - Pulsate or pound with abnormal force
- Temperamentally disinclined to talk; Cool and formal in manner
- In a relaxed manner; not rigid
- Express the same message in different words
- Vibrate slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold
- Request urgently and forcefully
- Break into many pieces
- Arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- Rain lightly
- Love intensely
- Lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- A distinctive odor that is pleasant
- Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
- Tear or be torn violently
- Unpleasantly cool and humid
- Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- At a position directly lower than
- Promise solemnly
- Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
- A state in which you want to learn more about something
- A cavity or space in something
- Be shiny, as if wet
- Look at with fixed eyes
- An instance of visual perception; Anything that is seen
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