Matching Pairs Teens Stuck At Home-VocabularyOnline version Match the words in quotation marks of the 1st column, found in the article https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rachelysanders/teens-teenagers-at-home-isolation-coronavirus-school, with their definitions in the 2nd column. by Dimitra Politou 1 Extended spring break, is a term used to "disguise" the fact that there is a deadly pandemic spreading across the world. 2 Some neighbours are willing to shop for their elderly or "immunocompromised" friends. 3 The truth somewhat "daunts" us. 4 I deleted TikTok to try to "keep the ball rolling" with my projects. (idiom) 5 Εven when I had to physically go to school, I mostly kept to myself, ever the "introvert". 6 Today, quotes on Facebook and letters from their school administrators "imbue" teens with hope that they can thrive in isolation. 7 By day 2 my focus on online learning had "waned". 8 Our academic classes "dwindle", we get more free time to spend with friends during the second semester of high school. 9 The one "silver lining" to this situation is that at least the beaches won't be closed anytime soon. 10 People have seemed to change with some kind of spell cast on them, "compelling" them to hoard toilet paper and meat. 11 I don't think I'll like home-schooling because I always "procrastinate" a lot. 12 But now, I find myself actually "venturing" out of my room and interacting with others more than ever during this isolation 13 Already "apprehensive" parents were now in a panic. 14 I'm a theater "major". 15 Today, quotes on Facebook and letters from their school administrators imbue teens with hope that they can "thrive" in isolation 16 On a phone call to Huntsville, Alabama, my mother corrects herself when she "sputters" the word fear. 17 The whole coronavirus "predicament" has affected my life in ways I could have not imagined just a mere month ago. 18 At home, I'm trying to "grapple" with the future less. Yet no one knows how to. to flourish, to prosper to conceal difficult situation to intimidate, to scare to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done to utter hastily or explosively in confusion or excitement. to decline over time to continue a discussion, progress, or other action rather than stall or stop. to pervade, to influence as if by dyeing bright side, a consoling aspect of a difficult situation to attempt to control, to fight with sth/sb. to decrease, diminish, get smaller having the immune system impaired or weakened (as by drugs or illness) anxious, nervous A student specializing in specific field. to force shy, unsociable person to dare to go somewhere or do sth, usually risky.