Final answer:
The student is asked to match the underlined words in a passage from Paradise Lost with their definitions.
Step-by-step explanation:
Matching Definitions:
- a) Distress - extreme suffering or pain
- b) Grassy area with hideous ruine and combustion - a field filled with ruins and fire
- c) Both of lost happiness and lasting pain - the existence of both lost happiness and enduring pain
- d) Th' infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile stird up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd - Satan, the serpent in the Garden of Eden who deceived Adam and Eve
These definitions correspond to the underlined words in John Milton's Paradise Lost.