Name ___________________________________________ Date ___________________ VOCABULARY MATCHING Directions: Read the words in the Word Bank below along with the definitions. On the line next to the definition, write the correct vocabulary word. 1. _______________ The standard ways people should behave. 2. _______________ A certain amount of time taken off from work or school. 3. _______________ A sudden rush of frightened cattle. 4. _______________ To take control over something or someone. 5. _______________ To be on board of a ship, train, plane, boat, etc. 6. _______________ To release stress and tension. 7. _______________ The action or process of forming images or concepts in your mind. 8. _______________ Flat and open areas of land with little vegetation. 9. _______________ A cowboy or one who is in charge of saddling the horses. 10. _______________ A bullfighter. WORD BANK capture imagination aboard plains relax stampede wrangler matador manners vacation

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VOCABULARY MATCHING – Answer Key

1. manners

2. vacation

3. stampede

4. capture

5. aboard

6. relax

7. imagination

8. plains

9. wrangler

10. matador

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