English poetry: a peep

vocabulary revision

WARNING many lists are of dubious usefulness. Vocabulary should be learnt in context. What follows is just a quick revision list and is no substitute for careful dictionary work and your own notetaking.

Match the key words with their definitions:

1. peep
2. rhyme
3. plough
4. swarm
5. stink
6. stroke
7. belch
8. chin
9. exhale
10. squalid
11. acquaint
12. dull
13. clerk
14. spare

a. turn the soil over
b. to smell badly
c. like 'plough' and 'how'
d. like bees leaving the hive altogether
e. a quick look
f. to release wind from the stomach
g. to breathe out
h. part of the head below the mouth
i. e.g. you do this with your hand to furry animals
j. boring
k. not to hit or punish
l. the worst job in the office
m. very unpleasant to live in or be in
n. to make someone familiar with something



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