Matching Pairs Exercise mythsOnline version Matching activity by Kate 1 pernicious 2 flesh 3 be exercised about sth 4 to scare off 5 incontrovertible 6 a trade-off 7 vicious cycle 8 joint 9 vigour 10 an ancestor 11 to decline 12 to debunk 13 endurance having a very harmful effect, especially in a way that is not easily noticed 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 a situation in which one problem causes another problem which then makes the first problem worse to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc. to make somebody go away by frightening them a place where two bones are joined together in the body in a way that enables them to bend and move a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities energy, force or enthusiasm be very anxious about something that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied, indisputable to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false a person related to you who lived a long time ago