Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice

I. Match the definitions to the correct words.

byline stone ripple retrieve strapline panting crash diet tearaway
norm axe vet quintessential wolf text masthead puff
whopping ballooning stranded thug absurd

1. recover/ get back - retrieve

2. very large - whopping
3. a British unit for measuring weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms - stone
4. breathing quickly with short noise of breaths - panting
5. to eat a large amount of food very quickly – wolf
6. to make something move - ripple
7. The name and logo of the newspaper – masthead
8. An eye-catching graphic to advertise what else can be found inside the newspaper –
puff
9. Tells the reader who wrote the article – byline
10. The main body of the article, telling the story in detail – text
11. Add a little more detail to the headline – strip line
12. typical, a perfect example – quintessential
13. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly – axe
14. a way of losing body weight quickly by eating very little – crash diet
15. to quickly increase in size – ballooning
16. a person with a medical degree trained to take care of the health of animals – vet
17. lacking what is necessary to leave a place or to get out of a situation – stranded
18. a person who acts violently – thug
19. ridiculous or completely unreasonable – absurd
20. a young person, usually male, who behaves in an uncontrolled way and is often
causing trouble – tare away
21. an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree
with – norm
II. Match the definitions to the correct words. You may use a dictionary to do
this task.
intimidating dismaying besieged strain alleged ordeal addicted
inadvertently trailblazing infested
1. something that makes you feel nervous and worried – intimidating
2. to state that something bad is a fact without giving proof –
3. making you feel frightened or nervous –
4. making you feel unhappy and disappointed –
5. to make many requests or complaints about something –
6. in a way that is not intentional –
7. a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience –
8. being the first to do or use something, in a way that is an example for other people –
trailblazing
9. (of animals and insects that carry disease) to cause a problem by
being present in large numbers – infested
10. unable to stop doing something as a habit – addicted