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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 )
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
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2. WORDS
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[001] rnment offices in Vientiane, with officials offering _____ and pleasing conversation in French, we were getting
[002] ning delayed menstruation. The sufferer drinks tansy _____ . Bruises, burns, cuts, etc., occurred frequently
[003] ungus growths on mouth or hands people made a strong _____ by using a handful of sassafras bark in a quart of w
[004] moto home- where for the first time I saw the famous _____ ceremony. At 6:00 p.m. we went to the Kyoto Spring d
[005] be no excuse? I don't have the answer yet. We had _____ at Mr. Washizu's home where I learned that he, too,
[006] the girls were busy preparing exhibits and arranging _____ tables. Everything was in an exciting turmoil- full
[007] til they had fallen, to be made into perfume or rose- _____ to drink; the peonies, whose tight sticky buds would
[008] hat my recoil could be interpreted by readers of the _____ leaves at the bottom of my psyche as an incestuous s
[009] rmally normal, neurotic or merely fastidious (do the _____ -leaf readers, by the way, allow psyches to have mora
[010] ill a little off-color. She could not face coffee or _____ without milk, and was always craving types of food t
[011] owing like a cock to wake his men. His breakfast was _____ ; his dinner fell anywhere from nine to noon; his sup
[012] he telephoned Lady Sybil Colefax who invited them to _____ , and then Lewis decided to give a party as a quick w
3. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] ted with him for half an hour, and then Blackman lay _____ most of that night, despairing of what he must expec
[002] if his wife had been with him. Then he kept Blackman _____ for more than an hour while he did an imaginary dial
[003] y long narrative segments of a story, as in Sleepers _____ , and constructing elaborate "poems-in-drawing-and-ty
[004] t of the family should be sleeping while the rest is _____ . To break the monotony it may be necessary to inv
[005] t", Prevot had said. "Be sure the man nearest you is _____ . If Joe doesn't show up, we'll all be back here at 0
[006] hat absence of an urgent self-indulgence dashed them _____ like a pail of water. Clara Harris, one of the gu
[007] "Po' Chavis"! #CHAPTER 6# Bong! Bong! startled him _____ . The room vibrated as if a giant hand had rocked it.
[008] Cortlandt, having slept away a day and a night, came _____ in a plank farmhouse on the Harlem River near Spuyte
[009] g to wake up"? "What about your pa"? "He was _____ when I left". "What'd he say? Did you get the whi
[010] h obscure and painful desires, would cause me to lie _____ in shame, tossing with irresolution, longing to fall
[011] ire house to indicate that any of the occupants were _____ . Eight, nine steps above him, Roberts had paused.
[012] cked up the telephone. "Shall I let them know you're _____ "? "I suppose. How's Lissa, do you know"? Hub
4. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] a baggy gray and green. He wore a brown knit sports _____ with no tie. We walked down the Rue de L'Arcade,
[002] ad put it down in journal form in The War in a Black _____ , a wonderful book not, for some strange reason, publ
[003] in the U.S. He knew all about the appeal of a black _____ and jackboots to a poor, southern, peasant boy. He k
[004] was wearing sneakers and shorts and an open-collared _____ , and in his hand he carried a little black bag. He d
[005] e occupied by a tall, thin man informal in rolled-up _____ sleeves. "Mr. Ferrell ... Hirey Lindsay, chairman
[006] ray sports jacket, lighter gray slacks, pink flannel _____ , black silk necktie. His eyes were clear. He was fre
[007] I reached my hand toward him to put it inside his _____ to feel for a heartbeat, but Charlie said "Wait"!- a
[008] his life for which he felt guilt. Beneath his black _____ his frail shoulders shook and croaks of pain broke f
[009] and Dean tied and gagged the man, using his belt and _____ for the purpose. They dragged him inside the buildin
[010] hich quite belied his personality. He wore his white _____ open at the neck, revealing a bit of scrawny pale ch
[011] into the nondescript butternut pants, the worn brown _____ . Kid Boyd was unusually silent, Rankin watchful, a f
[012] ardrums. He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel _____ against the cold foothill air. Fat showed in loose r
5. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] centuries that there is no soil left, but only deep _____ ridges fifty or sixty yards apart with ravines betwe
[002] es and solid colors (often black) and to give them a _____ cyclorama for a setting. But Robert Rauschenberg, th
[003] ong since. The hoofmarks of cattle and the prints of _____ feet in the mud or in the dust were as numerous as t
[004] ow I will not intrude upon her except to state a few _____ facts. The only way to describe Paula Sandburg is
[005] at times preposterous. One day he assigned me to lay _____ a "plot" by the Duponts to supply munitions to a who
[006] icked their horses through the deep water with their _____ heels, drove the Rebels out of their rifle pits and
[007] into the sand. Only the top of the head, with a spot _____ and white as a clamshell, remained visible. Stevie w
[008] d to repair some of his losses at the track, and the _____ trees reminded him that his pari-mutuel tickets woul
[009] herries. Now the yard looked wet and bald, the trees _____ under their buds, but in a while Miss Ada's flowers
[010] or a little while and able to rest. There was even a _____ chance that the phone had not been disconnected.
[011] of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of _____ dirt in most small-town squares, the building was he
[012] led up and stacked in one corner of the room. On the _____ floorboards a man lay face down. He had a short, hea
6. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] to put them into proper focus. One was demonstrably _____ ; the other, for the most part, true. The first
[002] en the case; but at the same time it should not draw _____ inferences therefrom. The two main charges levell
[003] Meanwhile, the experts speak of wars triggered by " _____ pre-emption", "escalation", "unauthorized behavior"
[004] he notions of Kyne and Dixon to the scrap heap. _____ ideas surfeit another sector of our life. For severa
[005] yth fails before the modern truth; the oracle speaks _____ and the dream speaks true. In both the farmer's tale
[006] eature is held constant: images can be both true and _____ . The genuinely interesting question, then, become
[007] elligence. General Grant may have been the victim of _____ information in the instance reported in this book; i
[008] n this part of the legend of the Re Galantuomo to be _____ . Trevelyan accepts Italian nationalism with little a
[009] thing in it can be accepted as true- or discarded as _____ . The entire exercise, Latin and English, is most sug
[010] manner of James T. Farrell to the international, the _____ , and the inflated. Krim says, in short, that he i
[011] " if they thought they had seen him make the error, " _____ " if they thought he had not; and "cannot say" if the
[012] judgments at all, that they asserted nothing true or _____ , but merely expressed emotions like "Hurrah" or "Fid
7. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] formidable looking young man with the only baseball _____ . This was a bitterly fought game, carrying almost
[002] bazaar bickering over a deal; a Bakhtiari khan in a _____ and hacking jacket; dervishes who stand with the sti
[003] igher than my head slowly but visibly pushed off its _____ , unfolded, and shook out like a banner in the sun it
[004] wagged it at Scotty. He said fussily, "Just keep the _____ on those strong emotions". The stethoscope glinted s
[005] Payne did not notice him. He was thinking chiefly of _____ . If their schedules were to synchronize, there was n
[006] the world seemed far away; he knew he should get to _____ , but he didn't know how. He was sure, for he had don
[007] was sure, for he had done as he was told, hadn't he? _____ would find him and take care of him. So choosing a g
[008] Stevie envied him. That Ludie! He, too, cocked his _____ at a jaunty angle, jingled marbles in his pocket, an
[009] back his black hair, shoving it under his pastor's _____ to keep it from blowing in his eyes. Below the moon-
[010] Hans cut the foil off finally and unscrewed the _____ . He was put out too because there was only one way o
[011] rence Killpath was as frustrating and as futile as a _____ pistol on a firing range. Killpath leaned forwa
[012] ent after the pain and swallowed it. It was like the _____ in the hospital, only a thousand times better. The p
8. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] entrate ... of the contemporary European ... mood of _____ ". But to me Beckett's writing had seemed permeated w
[002] a kind of humor that I could reconcile neither with _____ nor with nihilism. Could it be that my own eyes and
[003] ly reward. A similar tone of underlying futility and _____ pervades the spy thrillers of Eric Ambler and domina
[004] l. Neither his appetites, his exacerbations, nor his _____ were kin to yours. He might have been the man in the
[005] thheld when the need of it seemed the measure of his _____ . The unfinished note, written in pencil upon the bac
[006] e Katie's wedding, he was highly melodramatic in his _____ and once again announced his intention of returning
[007] biographical, for they throw some light on the utter _____ which overtook Thompson in the spring and early summ
[008] ne a glimpse of the bleak and empty expanse of man's _____ ; and which, more often than all these, conveys a wel
[009] ecting the larger society, projects his own fear and _____ onto the broader social screen. I am not suggesti
[010] en more fervor than before, ending it with a wail of _____ . Mussorgsky frequently uses liturgical music with
[011] safety of his person, she knew with the certainty of _____ that something bad had happened to Lauren. The
[012] And he knew in that moment, with a cold sinking of _____ , a dying of old hopes, that Mae had spread some kind
9. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] common of camp maladies was diarrhoea. Men of more _____ sensibilities referred to this condition as "loosene
[002] e her garden her great pride; she cherished rare and _____ plants like oleanders in tubs and wall-flowers and l
[003] chieftain and to dress for the part. Being somewhat _____ in health, at the age of sixteen he was sent to Sout
[004] t remain unmoved". Ann thrilled to the sight of a _____ butterfly and two strange tropical birds. Land was n
[005] torm for Pocasset, December 4, 1638. His wife was in _____ health and nursing an infant with measles. The
[006] that he could take advantage of every change in the _____ balance of European affairs. When the negotiations
[007] key to respiratory infection might be related to its _____ , long alveolar ducts and short, large bronchioles si
[008] lection plans were complete. There remained only the _____ task of maneuvering the laws through the labyrinth o
[009] "Pardon"? The doctor had to bend close to hear; his _____ hand, as veined as a moth's wing, rested absently on
[010] -bound volumes; the pattern of the Oriental rug, the _____ cut-glass chandelier. He said to the Secretary, "
[011] to discover the other guests so excited about these _____ little songs. "Put a few such songs together", th
[012] ming ungainly? His Mary would be slender of limb and _____ of proportion, yet she must hold this full-grown man
10. WORDS
awake
bare
cap
delicate
despair
false
haste
shirt
tea
thread
[001] ed through, to cut off supplies of powder, ball, and _____ for fishing nets, about 350 persons stayed in the vi
[002] nd wear it for a week. A simpler method was to tie a _____ tightly around the wart at its base and wear it this
[003] a medley of topics, often unconnected by any single _____ . Economic analysis was never Trevelyan's strong poin
[004] until he succeeded in making a metal pickup for the _____ , enabling the crude machine to take stitches. When h
[005] erfected used only one. Thus was invented the single _____ sewing machine, which Mr. Gibbs in partnership with
[006] nute hemorrhages in the lungs; particles of lint and _____ in the mouth and nostrils. Scrapings from the bed li
[007] pings from the bed linen identical with the lint and _____ found in the nasal and oral cavities. No other cause
[008] ee", Morgan said. "Could you find me a needle and _____ "? the girl asked. "My dress needs some work on it".
[009] odded and, going into the bedroom, brought a needle, _____ , and scissors. He said: "I'm going to bed". He nodde
[010] he spoke those words Billy Tilghman's life hung on a _____ . Back in the house a hoodlum named Red Buck, sore be
[011] Mulligan's just- published Shopping Cart Soldiers. A _____ of sublime absurdity runs through all three - a kind
[012] esh "killing field," a self- cleaning, spinning nylon _____ acts as a garrote. Called the "Dynamic Flying Insect