Vocabulary Words
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. compare
A. Qualities that are ___
2. selection
B. Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
3. perch
C. Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
4. strain
D. The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
5. slouch
E. An incompetent person
6. support
F. An employee who performs ___ work
7. clerk
G. Any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
8. bail
H. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment