Exercise for lower-intermediate students
Match the following words with their definitions.

deactivation | decompression | dehydration | disadvantage | disbelief | discomfort | discontent | disfavour | disharmony | disorder | illegality | illegibility | illegitimacy | illiteracy | immobility | immorality | impatience | impiety | impossibility | impotency |
 
1.   ____________ = writing, print or handwriting that cannot be read
2.   ____________ = the status of being born to parents who were not married
3.   __________ = the state of being tense and feeling pain, an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body
4.   _________ = the state of being out of favour, a feeling of dislike or disapproval
5.   __________ = the state of being illegal, unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
6.   __________ = the quality of not moving or not able to move
7.   _________ = the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble, an inability to copulate
8.   ____________ = the quality of having an inferior or less favourable position
9.   _____________ = relieving pressure, restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
10.   __________ = morally objectionable behaviour
11.   _____________ = incapability of existing or occurring, an alternative that is not available
12.   ___________ = dryness resulting from the removal of water
13.   _________ = doubt about the truth of something, a rejection of belief
14.   ____________ = breaking up a military unit by transfers or discharges
15.   __________ = an inability to read, ignorance resulting from not reading
16.   __________ = a longing for something better than the present situation
17.   _______ = a lack of respect, especially for God or religion
18.   __________ = a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
19.   __________ = a lack of harmony, a disagreement and unpleasantness between people
20.   ________ = a disturbance of normal functioning, a condition in which things are not in their expected places