Question

Match each vocabulary word to the correct meaning.

1) absorb and integrate
2) tell someone about a private matter
3) touch or scrape lightly in passing
4) worn into grooves

a) grazed
b) troughed
c) assimilate
d) confided

Answer 1

The vocabulary words and meanings are correctly paired as follows: 'assimilate' with 'absorb and integrate,' 'confide' with 'tell someone about a private matter,' 'grazed' with 'touch or scrape lightly in passing,' and 'troughed' with 'worn into grooves.'

Step-by-step explanation:

The question requires matching vocabulary words to their correct meanings. Let’s examine each pairing:

1. Assimilate – To absorb and integrate (like a culture or ideas) into a wider society or culture, or to fully understand and digest information. This is the matching meaning for absorb and integrate.
2. Confide – To tell someone about a private matter while trusting them not to divulge it to others. This word pairs up with the meaning to tell someone about a private matter.
3. Grazed – To touch or scrape lightly in passing, often used when referring to a slight injury caused by brushing against something. Hence, grazed matches with touch or scrape lightly in passing.
4. Troughed – Usually refers to something that has been worn into grooves, such as a surface altered by constant friction or passage. The word troughed corresponds to the meaning worn into grooves.

Finally, the correct option for each vocabulary word is:

• absorb and integrate – c) assimilated
• tell someone about a private matter – d) confided
• touch or scrape lightly in passing – a) grazed
• worn into grooves – b) troughed