English Vocabulary Exercises - War, Violence & Conflict - Exercise 2-4

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only cities to have ever been attacked using a nuclear _______________.
2. Our team _______________ the other team ten to zero.
3. It was pure _______________ for Betty to make chocolate chip cookies for her son's class while trying to stick to her diet.
4. The terrorists who attacked the city of New York on September 11th, 2001, were _______________ killers.
5. He is an outspoken _______________ of the plan to increase tuition fees for foreign students.
6. The logging company has _______________ a road through the forest to get at the old growth timber.
7. Don't leave your stuff _______________ for even a few minutes on the train or someone will steal it for sure.
8. Instead of _______________ when the kids at school tease you, it is better to simply ignore them.
9. The planned _______________ of the prisoner resulted in widespread protests against the death penalty.
10. Rival soccer fans _______________ outside the stadium, and the police had to be called in.
11. Antarctica hosts perhaps the world's most _______________ climate.
12. He was fired for sexually-harassing a woman in his office after he _______________ her on the bum as she walked by his desk.
13. Our cat is an old, scarred _______________ of countless fights with the other cats around the neighbourhood.