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Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
Which
word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
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2. WORDS
bone
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[001] h my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a _____ growth about the size of a pea. They also found that
[002] , the heat of his stomach will melt the ice, and the _____ , springing straight, will pierce him with its sharp p
[003] some wild beast had probably devoured it to the last _____ . "We will set off to- morrow at daybreak," said Pencr
[004] emorrhage, or to the shock, the ball having struck a _____ with sufficient force to produce a violent concussion
[005] c men at many levels. One knows better, now, who has _____ and who has jelly in his spine. But I am here concer
[006] dependable during this season. A sailboat may have a _____ in her teeth one minute and lie becalmed the next. B
[007] t us focus on an atom of calcium from the tip of the _____ of my finger and let us suppose that I swallow a mag
[008] oxygen and make up the solid structure of my finger _____ . Since these electrons are moving like planets, y
[009] eryone, no matter whether he has short or long thigh- _____ lengths! It is the one exercise that drastically
[010] little scoop of pulverized phosphate rock or steamed _____ meal into each hole with the plant. That encourages
[011] ividual, with solid, rugged conformation, good, flat _____ and excellent feet. This colt arrived at the Raceway
[012] t meat thermometer diagonally so it does not rest on _____ . Also make sure thermometer does not touch the revol
3. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] w provisions they had kept, everything, even to their _____ -knives, and one of them, having hoisted himself on t
[002] oking at Herbert. "The box must have fallen out of my _____ and got lost! Surely, Herbert, you must have somethi
[003] y inadvertence, not a weapon, not a tool, not even a _____ - knife; for while in the car they had thrown out ever
[004] dinner for those who have not a single match in their _____ !" We mustn't complain," said Herbert. "I am not compl
[005] It was an instrument of excellent quality, a perfect _____ chronometer, which the reporter had not forgotten to
[006] mineral or vegetable substance, which he put into his _____ , without making any remark. "What can he be picking
[007] ive himself up to sleep, Cyrus Harding drew from his _____ little specimens of different sorts of minerals, and
[008] had with us in the car, all our implements, even our _____ - knives?" "But if we had not thrown them away, Pencro
[009] ons a grain--a single grain--which from a hole in his _____ had got into the lining of his waistcoat. The presence
[010] k forests, as also the instruments, the telescope and _____ - compass. For weapons they selected the two flint-lo
[011] e wooded. The engineer ascertained by consulting his _____ -compass that the direction of the river from the fir
[012] me, and the reporter never ventured there without the _____ - compass, for the sun scarcely pierced through the th
4. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] -" Pencroft had erased the word "impossible" from the _____ of Lincoln Island. The settlers, having arrived at Pr
[002] ble stove, 6 table-knives, Books:-1 Bible, 1 atlas, 1 _____ of the different Polynesian idioms, 1
[003] of the different Polynesian idioms, 1 _____ of natural science, in six volumes; 3 reams of white
[004] a 'cycas revoluta,' of which I have a picture in our _____ of Natural History!" said Herbert. "But I can't see a
[005] To begin with, what is an interior designer? "The _____ of Occupational Titles" published by the U. S. Depar
[006] last penny. Also you can spell, without consulting a _____ for every other word. You never are late for work an
[007] alism in the conventional sense. A word taken in its _____ meaning, a photographic image of a recognizable obje
[008] any linguistic techniques for reducing the amount of _____ information that have been proposed all organize the
[009] information that have been proposed all organize the _____ 's contents around prefixes, stems, suffixes, etc. A
[010] stablish a correspondence between the occurrence and _____ entries, and (2) the information retrieved from seve
[011] he information retrieved from several entries in the _____ be synthesized into a description of the particular
[012] mer influences the placement of information in the _____ file. Implementation of the latter requires storage
5. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] gs which they had to describe. The soil, as it were, _____ under their feet. The slope often presented such an a
[002] descend, when he was preceded by the nimble Jup, who _____ down to the sand. But the orang had not touched the g
[003] -- Ayrton last. On they went, step by step. Now they _____ over the slippery rock; then they struggled to their
[004] red at midnight Friday when the car they were riding _____ into a utility pole on Lake Avenue near Waddell Stre
[005] E. Patrolman G. E. Hammons said the car evidently _____ out of control on rain-slick streets and slammed int
[006] determined as he was, must have had qualms as he _____ down the Thames. Ahead were perilous, ice-filled wat
[007] xcept to roll a little when I shoved him. The covers _____ down his skinny neck so I saw his head, fuzzed like
[008] berta Landis put her hand on her husband's arm as he _____ in the driver's seat beside her. Somewhere birds wer
[009] d stepped out. Timothy Rourke groaned dismally as he _____ under the wheel. "The things you talk me into, Mike
[010] with a pint of brandy in a small paper sack which he _____ over the counter to Shayne. As the detective
[011] over the counter to Shayne. As the detective _____ it into his pocket, Rourke asked sadly, "What in hel
[012] of his presence in the night. Geely grunted and _____ partly out, and Shayne's left arm snaked in around h
6. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] ery document that goes through them is recorded. Each _____ is numbered and registered. To make sure the rules ar
[002] xpensive, at between three and five kopecks (pence) a _____ . More probably, the mass desertion is another sign o
[003] ible sponsorship of its championship and I received a _____ of a proposal . . . it contained a number of features
[004] ery skilful carpenters, and had nothing to do but to _____ the models provided by the engineer. Soon a sort of c
[005] Mary R. Grant, deputy city clerk of Central Falls. A _____ was released to the press. Mr. Notte was respon
[006] coaches and team officials who received an engrossed _____ of an official city citation and a pair of silver cu
[007] oined Playboy-Show-Biz Illustrated, as a promotional _____ writer. She's a whiz. ... You can get into an argume
[008] ook at once. But the attack was made from an advance _____ . If this practice should take root and spread, the m
[009] / Research for 4 March 1961: "I have read an advance _____ of the Snow book which is to be titled, 'Science and
[010] ical machines. And Khrushchev turned out to be prime _____ for the most witty caricaturist of them all. But, bu
[011] oducts he sees advertised- despite the fact that the _____ makes no special bid for his favor and sponsors rare
[012] y mentioned on a general-appeal station. Advertising _____ frequently takes into account matters of special Neg
7. WORDS
bone
calm
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dictionary
freezing
honest
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severe
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[001] house, said: "They do run the risk of overkill, quite _____ overkill if they push rates up". Yesterday the Bundes
[002] fer penalties. Batley and Sheffield Eagles received a _____ reprimand yesterday for the fighting which took plac
[003] in will help us soon." Meanwhile the cold became very _____ , and unhappily they had no means of defending themse
[004] ttack them, or they might not have escaped without a _____ wound. As soon as he could get a regular weapon, tha
[005] e Northern Hemisphere. But as Greece and Sicily have _____ cold, producing snow and ice, so doubtless would Linc
[006] d waters, and then soon gained the shore, without any _____ wounds, miraculously saved. Cyrus Harding and his co
[007] oon need to be replaced. Moreover, if the winter was _____ , the settlers would suffer greatly from cold. On this
[008] high latitude, and probably the winters here are not _____ . Did you not say, Cyrus, that this thirty- fifth par
[009] , which was better. At any rate it commenced by very _____ cold. Ice accumulated at the mouth of the Mercy, and
[010] to the southeast, and the cold became, suddenly, very _____ . According to the engineer's calculation, the mercur
[011] aution as if Pencroft had been the most vigilant and _____ of custom- house officers. Cyrus Harding and Neb were
[012] ear await the approach of the winter of 1866-67. The _____ cold began to be felt about the 20th of June, and, t
8. WORDS
bone
calm
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dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
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[001] ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 11 891006 "Russians must have an _____ rouble" By JOHN LICHFIELD WASHINGTON - The Soviet Un
[002] tes John Lichfield. "It is my belief that, without an _____ money, Soviet citizens cannot be expected to respond
[003] Mr Angell. "A gold-backed rouble would be seen as an _____ money at home and would immediately trade as a conve
[004] " said Mr Hill. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 10 891006 "Most _____ man in US" accused of lying DAN RATHER, the CBS News
[005] igation into glaring election fraud and above all an _____ look at why so many are leaving. ’Ä¢Foreign News Pag
[006] e an upset with nothing more than direct running and _____ endeavour, bodes well for Great Britain, though the
[007] that people treated me as a cult figure. I was just an _____ guy who wanted to get on with what he did best, scor
[008] nd calm, sometimes naive, always merry, obliging, and _____ . His name was Nebuchadnezzar, but he only answered t
[009] e sailor, he was convinced that he had before him an _____ man. "Who are you?" he asked briefly. Pencroft made
[010] produced different effects on the companions of the _____ sailor. Neb, in his delight at having found his maste
[011] aughing at Master Pencroft's new classification. The _____ sailor did not hide his regret at being reduced for
[012] up, a little agouti!" "Jup, a plate!" "Jup! Good Jup! _____ Jup!" Nothing was heard but that, and Jup without ev
9. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] last year to examine stock market procedures in the _____ of the October 1987 crash. The Council confirmed the
[002] and some analysts had expected it to raise its bid in _____ of the merger agreement with Bell South, the regional
[003] both markets. As the shares continued to fall in the _____ of Eurotunnel's estimate that the project would cost
[004] the market knocked the retail sector for six in the _____ of the interest rate hike. How many of the sellers u
[005] lations with China have grown increasingly sour in the _____ of Peking's crack- down on the student-led pro-democ
[006] ars of battling to remain buoyant in the remorseless _____ of the Maktoums, Robert Sangster clambered back on to
[007] the game's latest financial windfall was more like a _____ as agents representing the sponsor explained the sor
[008] pointed caretaker coach at Salford yesterday, in the _____ of Kevin Ashcroft's unexpected resignation. Grainey,
[009] t the volcano should not have the slightest desire to _____ up. But we could not prevent it, could we? At any rat
[010] to in favor of chaos and until young African nations _____ up to the truth that out of false pride they are vis
[011] spire to defy season and banish spoilage. And in the _____ of the new affluence and the new techniques of proce
[012] terribly and unavoidably in power and leaves in its _____ a trail of misery, moral disintegration, and destruc
10. WORDS
bone
calm
copy
dictionary
freezing
honest
pocket
severe
slid
wake
[001] ntral government, although Mr Eggar is attempting to _____ these fears by pointing out that a special case has be
[002] marks of their torture, but they appeared remarkably _____ and unembittered by their suffering. The civil war in
[003] whole country, and called for a two- week period of _____ on the streets. But church leaders denied a West Germ
[004] ig on Monday afternoon. It is thought to have helped _____ tension. Church sources in Leipzig were delighted by
[005] y, vigorous, active, clever, intelligent, gentle, and _____ , sometimes naive, always merry, obliging, and honest.
[006] great distance. The wind had now fallen almost to a _____ , and the noise of the sea began also to subside. One
[007] the sand, at the foot of a rock. He was very weak, but _____ . Herbert went up to him, and taking his hand, "Sir,"
[008] enith was felt through the transparent air. A perfect _____ reigned around them. They could not see the sun, the
[009] signal for departure, Cyrus Harding said to them in a _____ , grave voice,-- Here, my friends, is the small corne
[010] nder the surface of the water. However the water was _____ ; not a ripple disturbed its surface. Several times t
[011] ahrenheit already mentioned. When the atmosphere was _____ , the low temperature was easily borne, but when the
[012] t shoved off. The weather was magnificent, the sea as _____ as if its waters were contained within the narrow li