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