Matching Pairs Exercise mythsOnline version Matching activity by Kate 1 pernicious 2 to scare off 3 vigour 4 to decline 5 vicious cycle 6 joint 7 endurance 8 an ancestor 9 a trade-off 10 be exercised about sth 11 to debunk 12 flesh 13 incontrovertible the ability to continue doing something painful or difficult for a long period of time without giving up be very anxious about something having a very harmful effect, especially in a way that is not easily noticed a situation in which one problem causes another problem which then makes the first problem worse to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false energy, force or enthusiasm that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied, indisputable to make somebody go away by frightening them the soft substance between the skin and bones of animal or human bodies a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities a place where two bones are joined together in the body in a way that enables them to bend and move to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc. a person related to you who lived a long time ago