Valentine's Day Definitions - Match each definition with a word.

affection
birds
candy
cards
Christian
cupids
decorations
February 14
flowers
friends
greetings
hearts
love
martyr
mates
St Valentine
Valentines day
1.   February 14th, Valentines Day. A holiday celebrated with love, hearts, candy, and cards.

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2.   a. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.  
b. Any object of warm affection or devotion.  


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3.   a. The locus of feelings and intuitions.  
b. An area that is approximately central within some larger region.  


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4.   a. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.  
b. Sweet foods that are usually sold in small packages. It is always popular with children!


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5.   a. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.  
b. Copulate, of animals.  


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6.   a. An associate who provides assistance.  
b. A person you know well and regard with affection and trust.  


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7.   A Christian Martyr in the third century.

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8.   a. The act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive).  
b. Something used to beautify.  


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9.   a. A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.  
b. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.  


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10.   A positive feeling of liking.  

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11.   a. One who suffers for the sake of principle.  
b. One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion.  


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12.   (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros.  

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13.   The fourteenth day of February.

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14.   a. A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and is a member of a Christian denomination.  
b. (religion) relating to or characteristic of Christianity.  


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15.   a. The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.  
b. Informal terms for a (young) woman.  


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16.   (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting).  

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Answer Key
1 Valentines Day
2 love
3 hearts
4 candy
5 mates
6 friends
7 St Valentine
8 decorations
9 cards
10 affection
11 martyr
12 cupids
13 February 14
14 Christian
15 birds
16 greetings