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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 )
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
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2. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] Neb and Pencroft also watched by turns, and did not _____ fuel. They thought they saw the dark forms of some wi
[002] nimal, when Cyrus Harding seized his arm, saying,-- " _____ him, Pencroft." "Pardon this rascal?" "Yes! it was h
[003] do call that ingenious!" said Pencroft. "And it will _____ the powder and shot," rejoined Cyrus Harding. "That w
[004] te returning. "Eat away, my Jup," said he, "and don't _____ anything; you have shed your blood for us, and it is
[005] are amply provided with powder and shot, we need not _____ our fire. We have nothing to fear from the muskets n
[006] ace of the water, a raft could be seen consisting of _____ spars, coops of poultry with their occupants still l
[007] g the bodies of these miserable men out to sea, would _____ the colonists the sad task of burying them in some c
[008] ouse, containing all the provisions, arms, tools, and _____ utensils--in a word, all the stores of the colony. As
[009] ntial area near the Lockheed plant at Sunnyvale. His _____ time is spent in soaring gliders. "It's so quiet"
[010] is time to go off to a back room and reappear in the _____ uniform of the harem. _CONTINUUM OF MANKIND._
[011] tor or a widow whose only income was the rental of a _____ room. Under another law, hundreds of farms were seiz
[012] nation defenseless before it, why would the attacker _____ the victim's people? Wouldn't the wanton destruction
3. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] in the Pacific." Herbert fetched the atlas, and the _____ of the Pacific was opened, and the engineer, compass
[002] erbert, "as Lincoln Island is not even marked on the _____ ." "Therefore, my friends," said the engineer, "we oug
[003] st. The second half of the film "Communism on the _____ " and the movie "Operation Abolition" also will be sh
[004] be reminded of this we need only glance at the world _____ and note the extent to which religious divisions hav
[005] able. Begin the examination of a site with a good _____ and aerial photos if possible. These are becoming mo
[006] the seasons. It is usually helpful to make a sketch _____ in the field, showing the size and location of the f
[007] ing these sound waves are used to detect submarines, _____ ocean floors, and even communicate under water. In
[008] aimed at putting their city and state on the flying _____ . The ship was a Waco biplane, one of the first two o
[009] of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( _____ , page 250). We rode over roads so rough that our Jee
[010] ive control (or fail-safe) points", the spots on the _____ , many miles from Soviet territory, beyond which they
[011] trap, and the general use of anesthetics. The use of _____ coordinates was begun when the senior officers began
[012] ess. Orders of the day began to specify the standard _____ for the movement. Sherman proved that a railway b
4. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] ans of a long, thin piece of iron rolled up like the _____ of a gun, Pencroft succeeded in making a tube soon re
[002] ich was broken; on a plank, forming a shelf, stood a _____ of powder, still untouched, a
[003] of powder, still untouched, a _____ of shot, and several boxes of caps, all thickly cover
[004] , and three seconds later, having discharged his last _____ in the face of a pirate who was about to seize him by
[005] croft, ostentatiously slipping two bullets into each _____ of his rifle, shook his head in a way which betokened
[006] w seconds, before he had even time to fire his second _____ , he fell, struck to the heart by Harding's dagger, m
[007] his or that congressional district from federal pork- _____ projects. Sitting quietly on an equally big pork
[008] projects. Sitting quietly on an equally big pork _____ was another Judge Smith ally, Georgia's Carl Vinson,
[009] a tooth for me between numbers"? ... "Sure, we met a _____ of rich men but it's hard to find the real thing whe
[010] y cleverly done for, in a sense, they have us over a _____ . Listen to what Mr. Johnston has to say: "Consider t
[011] ify as new in the strictest sense. For me, a changed _____ length or an improved stock doesn't constitute a tru
[012] e same point of impact, we fired this little 20-inch- _____ job on my home range and in Marlin's underground tes
5. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] yrton," said Harding, rising, "you have been a great _____ , but Heaven must certainly think that you have expiat
[002] ld have carried, had the convicts succeeded in their _____ design! No time was lost before discussing it. "My f
[003] n companions, a daring sailor, who had continued his _____ career. Bob Harvey had seized, on the shores of Norf
[004] s than ten seconds she was swallowed up with all her _____ crew! Chapter 4 "She has blown up!" cried Herbert. "
[005] e life have sufficed to make you known." "As a great _____ , doubtless!" said Captain Nemo, a haughty smile curl
[006] obert Grant, "Sir," he added, "you left behind you a _____ ; you find in his place a man who has become honest by
[007] of their arrest, Judge James B. Parsons was told in _____ court yesterday. The disclosure by Charles Bellow
[008] ion investigation, questioned the individuals in the _____ courts building, but did not take them before the gr
[009] said this constituted a "very serious misuse" of the _____ court processes. "Actually, the abuse of the proc
[010] f the process may have constituted a contempt of the _____ court of Cook county, altho vindication of the autho
[011] irst week of March, in the famous Old Bailey central _____ court where Klaus Fuchs, the naturalized British Ger
[012] abuses were attacked, it was done on the theory that _____ penalties would be invoked rather than control. ...
6. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] t. 21. #HUDDLE HEARSAY# - Held out of Texas Tech's _____ -suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Sta
[002] No, other than cleaning out the pores and making the _____ glands work harder. An ordinary hot bath or shower w
[003] Eight years ago while we were going through the mud- _____ -and-tears construction period, we were each solaced
[004] g, elaborately carved. Everything was burnished with _____ and grease so that all of the objects seemed to have
[005] it. Their skin was covered with a thin coating of _____ and dirt which had almost the consistency of a secon
[006] much darker than they appeared; as if the coating of _____ , dirt, and ashes were a cosmetic. The boys had beaut
[007] d shift into clean clothing. To relieve the itch and _____ galls, the men got into the water whenever they coul
[008] n them. He halted, and looked around. Rivers of cold _____ were suddenly unleashed within him. The thought came
[009] to the road, panting from the effort and soaked with _____ . There was a clump of trees that appeared to provide
[010] culty John clambered to his feet and started to run, _____ pouring down his face. Standing in the shelter of
[011] ver Bystrzyca near the rail center. Grabski sat in a _____ -saturated undershirt, cursing the excessive heat whi
[012] there, with the hot sun in his face, which made him _____ and feel ashamed. Winston had been surprised at her
7. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] Things happened as Pencroft had predicted, he being _____ mistaken in his prognostications. The wind rose, and
[002] ath yesterday afternoon. Kowalski, a roofer who _____ worked last winter, already was in arrears on their
[003] degree of group orientation and group identification _____ found elsewhere. The fact that the group orientation
[004] existing stereotype. In the academic world there is _____ anything so dramatic as a strike or a boycott: all t
[005] ol or direction. "One thing I notice which I have _____ heard mentioned. This is that autistic people don't
[006] peared in many years. It combines qualities that are _____ found in one work: Scrupulous scholarship, a fund of
[007] sang a set, a large part of which consisted of such _____ heard old oldies as "Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp o
[008] ic value- 100 calories per oz.- the heavy drinker is _____ hungry. In rare cases, diseases such as encephalitis
[009] fort to develop nuclear propulsion for aircraft. One _____ hears the analogy "nuclear propulsion will do for th
[010] les around. Once on the water, these little visitors _____ leave, and this adds to your filtering and vacuuming
[011] or every other word. You never are late for work and _____ absent. ## Actually, you can take no special cre
[012] n it is achieved with minimum pain or difficulty, is _____ an overwhelming sexual experience to a woman. Too ma
8. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] ers, twisters, mule-jenny, nor self-acting machine to _____ the wool, nor loom to weave it, was obliged to proce
[002] closer, watching for a chance to throw, but ready to _____ and run, rope whining about his head, horse edging t
[003] d constellations like Draco, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia _____ circles around the pole, but stars which were not ci
[004] ss was **f microseconds. A single measurement of the _____ -
[005] - _____ relaxation time **f was obtained at 10 Mc/sec by pu
[006] east-west direction, is always perpendicular to the _____ axis of earth. If the platform is not properly heade
[007] little more than a crawl, and watched Elaine rapidly _____ from one station to another, tune in the null, then
[008] rip. His air speed dropped until he thought he would _____ out. Over the rattling of fenders, humming of tir
[009] azine, who recently took over for Bob Guccione Jr. at _____ magazine, which covers alternative rock, put it this
[010] often very goofy " by the likes of Rolling Stone and _____ magazines and the Web magazine Salon. "Oh, no! " sai
[011] ers - Titian, among others - but Rembrandt gave it a _____ all his own. His Danae was not a Greek princess but
[012] ole art museum idea a deliriously Northern California _____ . STAINLESS-STEEL laboratory cabinets are the stock i
9. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
praise
seldom
spare
spin
sweat
[001] bserve, my friend, that after having said so much, in _____ of Lincoln Island, after having spoken so often of th
[002] of his servants came forward and said,-- "'My lord, _____ and thank God! If Captain Grant is still living, he i
[003] h had over-all charge of the election, "deserves the _____ and thanks of the City of Atlanta" for the manner in
[004] night. Speakers at a Tipoff Club dinner dealt lavish _____ to a group of St. Louis University players who, in
[005] ates and elsewhere which sycophantically chanted his _____ , and his influence extended even to Congress. U
[006] me day may be confirmed but history is not likely to _____ the courage of his convictions. #BOTTOM SIGHTED#
[007] TESY# _TO THE EDITOR:_ Sir- I hasten to join in _____ of the men in the toll booths on the Garden State Pa
[008] moments, although it is scarcely as inventive as the _____ elicited by the show might lead one to expect. Rober
[009] edication to nonwhite interests. Recently, WWRL won _____ for its expose of particular cases of employment age
[010] r portion to abide in their hearts and minds. I _____ God for the privilege of being a nurse who has that
[011] the cooks and the management. He was copious in his _____ of those that served food that was good to eat. The
[012] friend, Serge Koussevitzky, gave unreservedly of his _____ and brilliant performances in Boston, New York, and
10. WORDS
barrel
crept
criminal
lunch
map
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spare
spin
sweat
[001] hero is another pro, Willie Chisholm, who drank his _____ during another Open and tried to blast his way out o
[002] s had collected almost $25 for her family during the _____ hour yesterday at Fuhrmann Junior High School, 5155
[003] ly patronizing previously segregated restaurants and _____ counters in downtown retail establishments. It was
[004] n one is faced with a thousand unexpected guests for _____ . Larkin has an answer to all that. The spaciousne
[005] has a terrace overlooking the Sea of Marmara. After _____ , in the arcade on my left just before reaching the s
[006] r, buns, an array of relishes, and fresh fruit- your _____ is 75% cheaper than at a restaurant, and 100% more f
[007] ekend guests while we are still enjoying an alfresco _____ en famille. We gently usher them to an island of tab
[008] rt-time on custodial or other jobs? Can staggered _____ periods relieve the capacity strain on your feeding
[009] delightful cafes where you can sit, have a drink or _____ , and watch the fountains in the square. The scene be
[010] walk through the heart of Rome should be taken after _____ , so that you will reach the Pincian Hill when the so
[011] ant. The achievement of the desegregation of certain _____ counters not only by wise action by local community
[012] ellion. He has frequently refused to move from white _____ counters, refused to obey local laws which he consid