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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.
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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
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2. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] Square electronics store, the salesman who seemed so _____ to help, and the Sharp notebook computer he bought f
[002] , among others, had not found critics and audiences _____ to applaud their stories, none of which were met wi
[003] its bad roads, China presents a Communist leadership _____ to maintain tight control over foreign shippers, pol
[004] - timer with seven Arrowmont sessions, return yearly, _____ for another creative tuneup. Arrowmont students earli
[005] snack food is going high tech with biotechnology. One _____ aspirant in the field is DNA Plant Technology Corp. o
[006] seemed interminable. I joined Endesha Holland's class _____ to learn; I left it hating school. ’ĢArts Page 16 89
[007] g the inauguration of the mill, for the settlers were _____ to taste the first piece of bread in Lincoln Island.
[008] lapse against the Phillies Sunday. Manager Hemus, _____ to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses
[009] s, chemicals and other products. Farmers are so _____ for new machinery that they're haggling less over pr
[010] le stories. To their surprise, the children all were _____ and quite able to take part. Even the two-year-old f
[011] d gathered a lot of historical material which it was _____ to share. For example, there was sheet music with th
[012] , you will look forward to the season each year with _____ anticipation. #NATURALLY DORMANT AND NO SPRAY DANG
[013] of outdoor articles; he's a real hunter and shooter, _____ to improve his sport. Well, if you're that kind of s
[014] ith which much can be done. Park visitors are always _____ to learn more about the area they are in. The histor
[015] ; recordings; broadcastings; television; large and _____ audiences. It must be conceded that his native land
[016] e strength of a voltaic battery more than did salts. _____ as he was to pursue this promising line, he was so l
[017] enefit program. Too many plant officials are all too _____ to buy a package program from an insurance company
[018] hose which any intuitive person might venture and an _____ sitter attach to himself. Or, on the other hand, are
[019] ded only two hours ago to go out of town, and he was _____ to be off. #PRINCE WEARS TEN-GALLON HAT# And so, a
[020] matter of fact, had many tastes in common. Both had _____ and inquiring minds; and both believed that intellec
[021] e boom days when Eastern and foreign capital were so _____ to buy cattle interests. The origin of this sayin' w
[022] until after the Civil War when Southern writers were _____ to defend a way of life which had been destroyed. As
[023] w professors, but all eminent men, and a few hundred _____ students housed in nearby dwellings. In September '7
[024] blic affairs are concerned; so that, although not as _____ as I once was to be disapproved of, I can still resi
[025] have bought. Needless to say, strong hands are not _____ to be joined by weak hands, for this increases the r
3. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] design, and even the physical features that they find _____ in another person --are influenced by the marketing s
[002] to this need by supplying idealized images of happy, _____ people who are using their products. 9 A recent stud
[003] rs might ask themselves questions such as, "Am I as _____ as I would like to be?" "Do I make as much money as
[004] responding to the hard questions that persist for any _____ ethical theory. Theories in environmental ethics typi
[005] orable book review. MARCH MURRAY is an intelligent, _____ , thoroughly decent woman. More, she's a caring wife
[006] the previous two, Return is a handsome effort, with _____ crypto- punkish illustrations and an introduction by
[007] rowing Florida market, has long been seen as the most _____ banking franchise in the country and it attracted hea
[008] board will have to decide whether to accept the most _____ offer, or to allow USEC to sell shares through a publ
[009] tigate and maintain a vibrant economy depart for more _____ environs or are persuaded to move by the inducements
[010] m where they live. This can be either frightening or _____ , depending on your confidence. Flexibility in home a
[011] ight attitude. CyberSoft has learned how to make this _____ to North American software developers and other compa
[012] of Downshire Hill in Hampstead, one of London's most _____ streets, there unexpectedly stands - or rather, seem
[013] be". Along with Sir James he found the US much more _____ , taking over and breaking up some fairly hefty US co
[014] es. On both her outings Silk Slippers has thrust her _____ nose in front just where it matters and in so doing h
[015] is particularly tempting. She certainly looks a more _____ three-year-old prospect than Digression, who won the
[016] should not be allocated fixtures in resort times at _____ weekends like the present Blackpool illuminations se
[017] n an event is screened simultaneously. Sharing isn't _____ any more to us," Bromley says, a verbal throwing in
[018] t traditional British classics? If it was big enough, _____ enough and our viewers would like it," he added. We'
[019] g creditably in top class events and could oblige at _____ odds. ’ĢSport Page 35 891005 Racing: Certain pride
[020] he Port of New York Authority, and making New Jersey _____ to new industry. #DECRIES JOBLESSNESS# Mitchell de
[021] d Children Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center. The _____ Greer Garson, who loves beautiful clothes and select
[022] if all the plans to be presented by the NCTA are as _____ as this outline of express buses coming into the dow
[023] ade himself into a cocoon, Mr. Podger saw that thin, _____ , freckled little face again, and hoped that the boy,
[024] Band Percussion ( SP-44002) seemed one of the least _____ discs- the arrangements just didn't have so much cha
[025] ong, large-scale treatment. Mr. D'Albert has a firm, _____ tone, which eschews an overly sweet vibrato. He made
4. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] arn to read, watching television has become a regular _____ and, as they grow up, young girls and boys spend as m
[002] rned about health. However, for Americans, where the _____ of drinking bottled water is relatively new, the conc
[003] ortance. With Whitman, as Schmidgall points out, the _____ of softpedaling his homosexuality - or pretending th
[004] s. The 31- year- old Nicaraguan smiles constantly, a _____ that makes her seem 10 years younger. She also laugh
[005] dered him to be one of the few UN bureaucrats with a _____ of telling the truth. Marcos fairy tale A touching s
[006] g the back of the net now has become rather less of a _____ . So far this season, Nicholas has fired only blanks,
[007] re all very well, but viewers tend to be creatures of _____ and, at present, a short burst of goals every Saturday
[008] r belt when you're like that. Winning has to become a _____ ". At the age of 29, Durie must be wondering how much
[009] g how much longer she has left to get hooked on that _____ which she toyed with briefly six years ago when she r
[010] 's project had succeeded, but, according to his usual _____ he showed no satisfaction; with closed lips and a fixe
[011] ross, and not to its foot, for these birds are in the _____ of resting on the surface of the sea; then liberty wa
[012] _IF WE ARE BORN OF GOD WE DO NOT PRACTICE SIN AS A _____ ._ Whoever is born of God does not commit sin [Tha
[013] g body of their fine arts department. This, plus the _____ of many schools of simply adding interior design to
[014] rate time and again. She developed another quaint _____ . Even among the fast set in which she was moving, he
[015] when all malocclusion was blamed on some unfortunate _____ , recent studies show that most tooth irregularity ha
[016] , and no mother need worry if a child continues this _____ until he is two or three years old. Occasional sucki
[017] uff, plain-spoken man with a lust for politics and a _____ of landing right in the middle of the fight. But eve
[018] he defensiveness has been exaggerated by another bad _____ , our tendency to rate the "goodness" or "badness" of
[019] the legends have become so sacrosanct that the very _____ of self-examination or self-criticism smells of low
[020] d finds that his present difficulties are due to his _____ of attributing to his own abilities and talents achi
[021] n suggesting that Thompson's resumption of the opium _____ also dates from this period is, of course, a matter
[022] meals taken publicly in common refectories; a common _____ or uniform prescribed for all citizens; even houses
[023] ed stupor, getting things done automatically, out of _____ . For exactly one week, she was able to continue i
[024] s eye. "Fairly recent", he remarked. "Was she in the _____ of making new wills"? "Oh no. She had reason to c
[025] eing a big man. (When you see him, you'll notice his _____ of fingering, I might almost say, stroking a large m
5. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] aminated product. The department can now only try to _____ a company to recall a product voluntarily. Mr. Glickm
[002] ds in Buick dealerships and see whether dealers can _____ people to buy the Buicks anyway? Even executives at
[003] corner chimneys. At Bankside, however, he was able to _____ the engineers, Mott, Hay ∧ Anderson, to gather al
[004] of the Anglo-French consortium was in Paris trying to _____ the French banks of the need for new financing. Desp
[005] nets between trees. Meanwhile, priests are trying to _____ the survivors that the bat attacks were not the work
[006] ation's national development officer, have failed to _____ Services officials to accept rugby league as a sport
[007] esh of which is rather tough, but it was difficult to _____ Pencroft that he had not killed the king of eatable
[008] ader Charles Halleck [Ind.] said the message did not _____ them to change their opposition to compulsory medica
[009] r own ways, following their own paths. "We must _____ them to enjoy a way of life which, if not identical,
[010] on admired Gordon's spirit and did what she could to _____ her husband that the boy might help the team. A
[011] Company for monopolistic practices, e.g., trying to _____ consumers not to purchase the product of the struck
[012] estion of Continental president Robert Six, tried to _____ the armed pair to swap the Boeing jet for a propelle
[013] hinese-Soviet solidarity, the Chinese will choose to _____ the Albanians to present their humble apologies to K
[014] ey and carpenter Staffe swore that Juet had tried to _____ them to keep muskets and swords in their cabins. Coo
[015] hey who read- and make- Jewish best-sellers and then _____ their husbands to read them. In upper teen Jewish
[016] ations work and take up writing instead, he hoped to _____ him to become his assistant in research for the labo
[017] istic talent to prepare the words and pictures which _____ by using the principles which the scientists have di
[018] the most important ones. The extent to which we can _____ the less developed countries to appraise their own
[019] dent may have to summon all his oratorical powers to _____ department members to accept an outstanding man abov
[020] it is difficult to envision conditions which would _____ the authorities to depart radically from it by exten
[021] ism is a case not proven; the poem offers nothing to _____ us of the speaker's right to speak as he does. In th
[022] his greatcoat once more. At the door Alex managed to _____ the increasingly astonished fille de chambre to re
[023] arting from it. Robbie and Beryl tried their best to _____ her to come and stay with them, and Anne and I have
[024] r goes to church and won't even listen when I try to _____ him to come back to the fold". He examined his
6. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] more money than anyone should buying batiks, kente _____ and other striking fabrics. But I had never worked in
[002] ey buy their new outfits, be it of traditional African _____ or stylish jeans, and the answer is likely to be Rock
[003] ed with mud. Neb seized it. It was a piece of strong _____ ! Top still barked, and by his going and coming, seeme
[004] ngs in a tremendous hurrah, adding,-- "There is good _____ ! There is what will furnish us with linen for years.
[005] make a main- sail, a foresail, and a jib out of that _____ . As to the rest of it, that will help to dress us." "
[006] ey certainly could not think of carrying this load of _____ , ropes, and cordage, to Granite House, for the weight
[007] hings at Port Balloon, and reported that the stock of _____ would suffer no damage in the grotto where it was sto
[008] sailors have a remarkable aptitude for tailoring. The _____ of which the balloon-case was made was then cleaned b
[009] eads were already appearing, and by means of a great _____ , he managed to protect his crop. This bad weather las
[010] ting, issued from the mill in the shape of thick felt _____ . The roughnesses with which the staple of wool is nat
[011] neither merino, muslin, cashmere, rep, satin, alpaca, _____ , nor flannel. It was "Lincolnian felt," and Lincoln
[012] a thick bush, and drew out a rag. It was a piece of _____ , stained and torn, which Spilett immediately brought
[013] th a prize. The prize was an old-fashioned, woven _____ hammock, complete with cross-top pillow, fringed sid
[014] The men of Innesfree are got up authentically in _____ caps and sweaters, and their dancing and singing is
[015] ish kebob or a lobster roast. Then you'll want terry _____ towels for mopping up. Don't think barbecue coo
[016] ly, covered lightly with a loose piece of plastic or _____ to prevent warping. #RECTANGULAR TILES# (opposite
[017] e with small blocks set in resin-saturated Fiberglas _____ and nailed. It is over this piece that the laminated
[018] rails, they are also rough-sanded in that area. The _____ is laid on one half of the bottom at a time. A 50-in
[019] it laps the keel line by about three inches. Lay the _____ in place and trim it to size. Then remove it and giv
[020] side of the bottom with the resin and then apply the _____ . When the
[021] . When the _____ is smooth, apply another coat of resin, spreading it
[022] dened, use a disk sander to feather the edges of the _____ at the keel line and near the spray rail. Then lay a
[023] the spray rail. Then lay a three-inch-wide strip of _____ along the keel line from the transom to the point of
[024] t on the Gator trailer. I laid three layers of glass _____ on the inside of the stem, also installing a bow eye
[025] n, these blocks were set in resin- saturated glass _____ and nailed. After trimming off the excess on the
7. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] it on Africa's Plan of Action are likely to elicit a _____ response in the majority of Americans, though some a
[002] to walk back. As I recrossed into Djibouti, villagers _____ to the SNM, or just wanting money, hid me from the p
[003] gether but sometimes I have my doubts". Nicholas was _____ : He is only as good as the players we give him". But
[004] tand he takes it would be misconstrued that he was _____ to one or the other of the Republicans. "After the p
[005] ingly, at the Comedie last year, Jean Meyer played a _____ Arnolphe and drew criticism for turning the comedy i
[006] in flight from the life around her and the tart but _____ help she gets from her 25-year-old brother. @ _THE
[007] social fermentations for a new national ideology- a _____ public and a large body of performers especially tra
[008] uld be to achieve perceptive cooperation by stirring _____ impulses in the other sensory centers, motor tension
[009] s blinded and could not find a doctor at the time. A _____ friend made poultices of raw potato parings, which s
[010] place of commitment. At the same time, he is plainly _____ , clearly friendly. If there were only the mess, all
[011] w of the Eisenhower inaugural festivities at which a _____ press had assembled its massive talents, all primed
[012] Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a _____ but cautious harrumphing was heard. Then, after over
[013] d a tiny envelope tied to its wrist. An accompanying _____ letter explained that inside the envelope was a name
[014] . Such an understanding, although it must seek to be _____ , is not a matter of intuition. "History has this in
[015] ear "contemptible rather than intelligible", while a _____ critic has remarked that the "intricate interplay of
[016] wrote an article for the Nouvelle Alsatian in highly _____ terms. Some students from the University returned ar
[017] y a sensible young woman- as well as an outgoing and _____ type- it would seem that for her the word friendship
[018] m, as thou hast, to serve thy country, must create a _____ feeling in every patriotic heart". There must h
[019] nd with equal contempt; perhaps he was a little more _____ to the sides of beef that hung silently from his hoo
[020] with typical signs of emotional excitement including _____ discharges. It seems to follow that by and large
[021] ympathetic action (with reciprocal inhibition of the _____ ) at the hypothalamic level induces, by its periphera
[022] he somatic nervous system. With the dominance of the _____ division of the hypothalamus, the opposite changes o
[023] sh drugs which shift the hypothalamic balance to the _____ side from those which produce a parasympathetic domi
[024] cally controlled hypophyseal secretions and increase _____ discharges. They shift the hypothalamic balance to
[025] scharges. They shift the hypothalamic balance to the _____ side. This explains the beneficial effect of electro
8. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] production problem of overproduction is to produce _____ that can be turned into energy such as ethanol.
[002] techniques to detect and enumerate microorganisms in _____ and soil. We have developed polymerase chain reaction
[003] lfalfa seed has proven to be one of the more difficult _____ to irrigate in southern Alberta. This is mainly due
[004] ings are much worse everywhere else in Russia. ' The _____ that have helped support the island's 11,000 people h
[005] ethnic groups, new cooking methods, and amazing new " _____ " produced by biotechnology will accelerate this chan
[006] -acre Disney World near Orlando, Florida, is growing _____ in this way. Long conveyors carry the plants around
[007] is the marriage of computers and genetic engineering. _____ such as strawberries, pineapples, bananas, and sweet
[008] ts, and diseases, which reduce food production. Such _____ as corn could be forty times more productive than on
[009] vegetables, cereal grains, tropical plants, and other _____ are being greatly enhanced through variations of clon
[010] , these characteristics can be made to appear in such _____ in a much shorter time than they would with traditio
[011] ntal factors -- good or bad -- that affect a farmer's _____ . The unit can tell when apple scab will hit your orcha
[012] est time to fertilize or spray -- not only to improve _____ but also to minimize damage to the environment. The s
[013] to which tea is less vulnerable than most other major _____ _ a continuation of the downtrend seems unavoidable:
[014] rs, if, as I hope, in this latitude we can obtain two _____ a year." At that, according to his usual custom, Pen
[015] ull leaf, and the time was approaching when the usual _____ ought to be gathered. The return to the plateau of P
[016] d become a thorough farmer, heartily attached to his _____ . But it must be said that Herbert was more anxious th
[017] n saving as much as was possible from the devastated _____ , either of corn or vegetables. The grain and the plan
[018] the haymaking, and the gathering in of the different _____ on the plateau. This work finished, every moment was
[019] tely two million acres of land in Georgia, attacking _____ , young wildlife and livestock and can be a serious h
[020] h narrow training and little wisdom" are endangering _____ and wildlife, Carl W. Buchheister, president of the
[021] w harvesting machines. Fields of corn and some other _____ in many cases are so dense that older equipment cann
[022] . Negro population. One question which inevitably _____ up is whether such stations have a future in a natio
[023] armer's life must be arranged to meet the demands of _____ and livestock. Livestock must be tended every day
[024] ought, hail, disease, and insects take their toll of _____ . Sickness or loss of some of the livestock may cut i
[025] _TOPOGRAPHY AND SOIL_ Is the land suited to the _____ you intend to raise? If you can't tell, get help fro
9. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] , love comes free, but not for you or me. We have to _____ it,we have to be worthy of it and thus we live for t
[002] , love comes free, but not for you or me. We have to _____ it,we have to be worthy of it and thus we live for t
[003] d 'Dusk,' a collection of short stories that seems to _____ the word 'perfect. ' So does one section of this mem
[004] strike since 1977. The union argues that the workers _____ a greater share of Boeing's prosperity. The company,
[005] ndants, nurses and doctors should be hired. Patients _____ more attention than they are getting. Even with t
[006] ist would be a tragedy for the Dominican people, who _____ to breathe without fear. For that reason any democra
[007] ightly. Dr. Conant's conscientious, selfless efforts _____ the nation's gratitude. He has served in positions o
[008] valuable; however, several pertinent considerations _____ recognition. One of the problems associated with
[009] from them. If one of Mr. Rodgers' melodies seemed to _____ a better fate than interment in Boston or the obscur
[010] ng nations that do have this faith and determination _____ help. Respecting their need, one of the major foc
[011] ope his suggestions are given the consideration they _____ in Kikuyu circles. This, however, will not exhaust t
[012] matter. My comments must be briefer than the papers _____ . W. H. Whiteley writes on The Verbal Radical in I
[013] factors. Further we cannot go, for the Dark ages _____ their name. Many aspects of civilization were not ye
[014] he Woonsocket Patriot admitted that John Brown might _____ punishment or imprisonment "but he should no more be
[015] best he knew how, like any of us. Anyway, he doesn't _____ to lie there in the sun and be stared at. "Ever s
[016] f possible? Didn't John Cooper, after all this time, _____ something better of life? Wasn't it adult and realis
10. WORDS
attractive
cloth
crops
deserve
eager
habit
kiss
persuade
relieved
sympathetic
[001] my pet theories is that a tongue-twisting title is a _____ of death, whatever the book's merits. But that should
[002] ident versions of Lehar's Vilja Song or My Lips They _____ So Hot. Soderstrom has been, in her distinguished ca
[003] strongest claim on the spare relegation place. Nicky _____ , the Wigan hooker, is out of tonight's Lancashire Cup
[004] tor of the Wizard of Menlo Park simply showed a long _____ performed by two actors of the contemporary stage.
[005] e-taking of Miss Havisham, during which he kneels to _____ her hand, signalizes his homage to a supposed patron
[006] . Rachel came close to the bed, bent as if she would _____ him, then moved away. She was frowning. "That doctor
[007] iedly as if she were a child. But, kindled by his _____ , his caressing hand, her desire was aflame. She spra
[008] g kissing games, and Jessica and I were called on to _____ in front of the others. We blushed and were flustere
[009] out to be the fleetest brush of lips upon cheek. The _____ outraged our friends but it was done and meanwhile h
[010] s sensations that I had imagined a truly consummated _____ would convey to me. It was at that party that, fi
[011] r should I ask to be invited in? In or out, should I _____ her goodnight? All this was unknown to me, and yet I
[012] You are all right, my brother"? "Yes. Yes indeed. _____ me again". A long time later, by cosmic clock, sh
[013] s thinking that the way she had responded to his own _____ hadn't meant what he had believed it had. He felt un
[014] Rankin sneered at him. "What did you want me to do, _____ him? He dumped me in solitary twice". Barton caug
[015] diotically, he pooched out his lips and attempted to _____ her. She yanked away from him furiously. "You shu
[016] have said were not nice and put her hands on him and _____ him passionately. When she would do these things, he
[017] h displeasure. Delphine presented her cheek for a _____ , and the physician pecked it like a timid rooster.
[018] nothing of its parents- not a touch of the hand or a _____ given in passing. The only thing unusual about th
[019] She had let Jim go with a chilly good-by, a chillier _____ . She was sorry, and angry at herself, because never
[020] went on. "I carry one in my purse. I know men never _____ les putains". To my immense relief, she changed t