Match the underlined words in the text with the definition:

1. operate (v) - D. work in a particular way
2. grasp (n) - C. ability to get something
3. show up (phr. v) - A. arrive
4. hinder (v) - E. make it difficult for someone to do something
5. boost (v) - B. make something become better

Match the underlined words in the text with the definition:

1. perspective (n) - E. a particular though
2. counterproductive (adj) - C. having the opposite effect to the one which was intended
3. flooded (adj) - A. full of something
4. confined (adj) - B. existing only in a particular area
5. incrementally (adv) - D. little by little