Academic Vocabulary Exercise 1 Enter the letter into the box from the word that matches the following definitions. 1. someone who sells things a. alley 2. a general name for "cows" b. appetite 3. skinny; thin c. boast 4. huge, large, enormous d. cattle 5. without covering or clothing e. drudgery 6. on the whole f. dull 7. improve the quality of something g. entirely 8. wander, walk around without direction h. gigantic 9. desire to eat i. goofy 10. upset, very mad j. hatch 11. funny, silly k. naked 12. boring, not exciting; not bright or sharp l. outraged 13. have difficulty doing something; fight m. outskirts 14. break out of an egg n. peddler 15. brag; say great things about yourself o. portion 16. get bigger, enlarge p. roam 17. small part or section q. slim 18. the suburbs, area around a city r. struggle 19. a narrow passageway or street s. swell 20. hard, uninteresting labor t. upgrade = [us_separator size=”large”]