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Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. office
A. An adornment made of precious metals and set with gems
2. breathe
B. Act of expanding by lengthening or widening
3. assembly
C. The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition
4. computer
D. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
5. stretching
E. Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
6. headache
F. A person who investigates and ___ or edits news stories
7. onion
G. A fungus that produces a superficial growth on organic matter
8. opinion
H. Something or someone that causes anxiety
9. pitcher
I. A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
10. lawn
J. An auxiliary activity
11. ceiling
K. Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources
12. earthworm
L. A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
13. reporter
M. A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
14. sentence
N. The person who does the ___
15. jewelry
O. One of the two main constituents of a sentence
16. noun
P. A field of cultivated and mowed grass
17. hobby
Q. A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure
18. subject
R. Machine that stores information and runs programs
19. wool
S. Altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
20. comma
T. A fabric made from the hair of sheep
21. mildew
U. Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
22. capital
V. To draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs