Matching Pairs VocabularyOnline version Vocabulary activity based on the article "How Laughter Can Help Us Learn A Foreign Language" by George Oliver. by M. Julieta Armando 1 Aspersions (n.) 2 Trudge (v.) 3 Cast (v.) 4 (be) caught up in (something) 5 Assert (v.) 6 Aid (v.) 7 Glean (from something/somebody) (v.) 8 Halcyon (adj.) 9 Sordid (adj.) to help somebody/something to do something, especially by making it easier to walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you are tired or carrying something heavy critical or unpleasant remarks or judgements to say, do or suggest something that makes people doubt something or think that sth/somebody is less honest, good, etc. to obtain information, knowledge, etc., sometimes with difficulty (of a period of time in the past) peaceful and happy to obtain information, knowledge, etc., sometimes with difficulty to become involved in something not moral or honest