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A Choose the correct word for each definition.

ruin guideline anxiety depression suicide
take action bystander murder explanation tend to

1. depression : n. a medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious
2. take action : v. to legally decide whether someone has done something wrong
3. guideline : n. rules or instructions about the best way to do something
4. tend to : v. to happen often and to be likely to happen again
5. murder : n. the deliberate and illegal killing of a person
6. anxiety : n. the feeling of being very worried about something
7. explanation : n. the reasons you give for why something happened
8. suicide : n. the act of killing oneself because one doesn’t want to continue living
9. ruin : v. to spoil, damage, or destroy something completely
10. bystander : n. someone who watches what is happening without taking part

B Match each of the vocabulary words with the correct synonym.

Vocabulary Word Synonym

1. hateful • • a. horrible, cursed, wicked

2. monitor • • b. sufferer, target, prey

3. private • • c. keep an eye on, check

4. victim • • d. delay, hang back, waver

5. hesitate • • e. individual, secret, nonpublic

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