Vocabulary matching exercise for students to pair words with their correct meanings.

Let’s go step by step to match each vocabulary word with its correct meaning.

We have 7 words and 7 meanings. We’ll look at each word and think about what it means, then find the best matching definition.

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1. Commit
This word often means to do something — especially something serious or bad (like commit a crime). It can also mean to promise or dedicate yourself to something. But in this list, the only option that fits is:
→ “perform an act, usually with a negative connotation”
That matches because we say “commit a mistake,” “commit fraud,” etc.

✔ Match: Commit → perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

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2. Approach
This means to move toward something — physically or mentally (like approaching a problem).
Looking at the options:
→ “move towards” — perfect fit!

✔ Match: approach → move towards

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3. Establish
This means to set up or create something that lasts — like establishing a business, a rule, or a fact.
Option: “set up or found” — yes! That’s exactly right.

✔ Match: establish → set up or found

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4. Utter
As a verb, “utter” means to speak or say something — often used when someone says something clearly or completely.
But here, one of the definitions says: “clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment” — wait, that sounds more like “apparent.” Let’s hold on.

Actually, looking again — there’s another possibility: sometimes “utter” is confused with “outer,” but no — let’s check all options.

Wait — maybe I made a mistake. Let’s skip and come back.

Hold on — actually, “utter” as a verb doesn’t directly match any except... Hmm.

Wait — perhaps “utter” is being matched incorrectly? Let’s look at the remaining definitions after we assign others.

Let’s do the easier ones first.

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5. Obtain
Means to get or acquire something.
Option: “come into possession of” — yes! Perfect.

✔ Match: obtain → come into possession of

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6. Stock
In business, stock refers to shares owned in a company. Also, capital raised by issuing shares.
Option: “capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares” — bingo!

✔ Match: stock → capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares

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7. Apparent
Means obvious, clear, easily seen or understood.
Option: “clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment” — yes! That’s the definition of apparent.

✔ Match: apparent → clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

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Now go back to #4. Utter

What’s left?

We’ve used:

- Commit → perform an act...
- approach → move towards
- establish → set up or found
- obtain → come into possession of
- stock → capital raised...
- apparent → clearly revealed...

Leftover definition: “without qualification”

Does “utter” mean “without qualification”? Yes! In some contexts, “utter” is used as an adjective meaning complete or total — e.g., “utter nonsense,” “utter failure.” And “without qualification” means absolutely, completely — so yes, that fits.

Example: “It was utter chaos.” = It was completely/absolutely chaos — without any doubt or condition.

✔ So: utter → without qualification

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Final Matches:

1. Commit → perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
2. approach → move towards
3. establish → set up or found
4. utter → without qualification
5. obtain → come into possession of
6. stock → capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
7. apparent → clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

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Final Answer:
1 - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
2 - move towards
3 - set up or found
4 - without qualification
5 - come into possession of
6 - capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
7 - clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment