MULTI_CONC
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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 )
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
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2. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] d of the next scene, when his theme cuts through the _____ of the love duet, again throwing a chill over the at
[002] marvelous sea-blessed time when the sun's departing _____ lingers and a smell of spume and wrack haunts everyt
[003] n a special strength now that they'd left the fecund _____ of the farmland behind. There was the smell of the c
[004] ck a week stuff, but all of it clean and full of the _____ of a home. Mrs. Williams was both sullen and frig
[005] growing hands came and sat beside them. She radiated _____ and good fellowship. Mercer thought that she looked
[006] thing they would do, wild to break from the cloying _____ of the saloon into the cold of the ebbing night. He
[007] morning. Not by the 11:00 sun which had spread a _____ around his spot of grass in the English Gardens and
[008] wept past. The girl crawled out into the renewing _____ of the sunshine, hugging her shoulders and still tre
[009] ocence, until one looked into his eyes, which had no _____ in them but only alert intelligence. Waddell had hea
[010] ape or size and no particular face, but she radiated _____ , a sweet
[011] , a sweet _____ ; she would talk to him in a soothing voice about thi
[012] to come straining beneath the taut belly within the _____ of those teats. With his mouth opened wide, he squir
3. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] is family to the special sympathy and aid of all who _____ suffering and reverence justice. Resolved ... t
[002] somehow concentrated in them, move in restless self- _____ between her broken heart and her walking stick. Pumb
[003] sing up, fearless in glory. He felt the sweetness of _____ flood through him, veining his very flesh. Those men
[004] t know who they were or know their own worth. In the _____ for them his loneliness was gone. Then he thoug
[005] was such a person, I'm afraid she got away with it. _____ we don't know more about him. I think the best bet i
[006] ng kittens every six months or so. Yes, well, it's a _____ to spoil your girlish figure- which all those kitten
[007] d with pride and amusement as Helva's tone indicated _____ for the unfortunate. "Here, this will help", su
[008] neath this knowing had there burned unquenched by my _____ a fire of hate, an enduring envy that burst out in t
[009] with each other. At the time I was filled with self- _____ at this separation, but in the years since I have co
[010] Mousie said it was because he was too proud to stand _____ . Others thought he couldn't stand seeing Linda, Mrs.
[011] s all right to go. I left her, a limp bundle of self- _____ , shivering with terror because her bubble had burst
[012] riumphs can be much more than pastiche By GAVIN STAMP _____ the poor developer, if you can. Faced with a sensitiv
4. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] the specimen at each side of the 10 inch square, one _____ at midpoint, and one at approximately 1/2 inch from
[002] ted speed. Then the skiff hove into sight, just a _____ of light at first against the roiling blackness and
[003] ns and gun camera and gun sight. The circle with the _____ in the center showed up yellow on the reflector glas
[004] ee hours later, while we were bailing desperately, a _____ of land came into view. Foster Lukuklu Frayne made a
[005] nections between them. The actual position of a given _____ or the length or straightness of a given line isn't
[006] bright blue paint. Little smudges and stains of color _____ every room of his house. In the rearmost bedroom, w
[007] ch from the cooler and headed for the most intriguing _____ on the map, labeled 'Devil's Kitchen. ' The Kitchen
[008] as dots posted over period marks in used books. Each _____ on magnification resumed its original condition as a
[009] ry mansions designed by Andrea Palladio himself that _____ the environs of Vicenza. How far that pedimented and
[010] lways made a point of taking off each morning on the _____ of seven, disregarding rain, snow and sleet in true
[011] o hundred statues, monuments, and memorials which " _____ the Washington landscape ... as patriotic societies
[012] ght of the appropriate short transverse line. When a _____ appears close to the end of the transverse line, the
5. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] no hands; they had been severed at the wrists. With _____ cups fitted in his handlebars, he steered his bicycl
[002] his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad _____ belt, its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost
[003] gn and wide lapels like a devil's ears. My camp-made _____ wallet, bulky with twisted, raised stitches around t
[004] iff into a windowless room with shelves full of big, _____ -bound volumes from floor to ceiling all around the w
[005] a minute breathing in the mustiness of old paper and _____ which the busily thrumming air conditioner couldn't
[006] t; George had a tack hammer. Lolotte held a patch of _____ , Rev steadied something, a tiny brad, waiting for Ge
[007] ice, the spreading circle of lamplight, the patch of _____ in Lolotte's hands. George poised with the tack hamm
[008] a desk, files, a typewriter on a stand, and two big _____ armchairs. A newspaper open at stock-market reports
[009] ith the ladies. All of you be ready to ride hell for _____ ". He added, "If this doesn't work out, the three
[010] lson said. He saw her hand start to work down the _____ thong toward the handle of the quirt, and he grabbed
[011] sight under the patrolman's swinging arms and in the _____ holster that swaggered and rolled at the side of his
[012] behind him, pulling out a battered carpet bag, with _____ handles. "Whyn't ya say so, fellow travelers! Why, w
6. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] ept house with shutters and recently painted. Wilson _____ about it. It was called Kent House. The deacon of th
[002] onticello Branch. "Where you been today"? Ludie _____ every evening, pretending that he did not care. "He'
[003] room was lighted. "What about the bedroom"? Byron _____ . "Seems to me last time I was here the grate bellowe
[004] ling how she'd react to spending money". Madden _____ next about the audit of the scholarship fund. T
[005] rom Forbes. No one saw Stacy leave. No other visitor _____ for her that evening. Next morning she was foun
[006] the car frame a handsome and still darkhaired lady _____ "Y'all drahve"? I nodded. "Onleh one thiihng
[007] nowhere! "What is with this vow jazz"? Feathertop _____ , lounging against the freight's vibrating wall.
[008] "Where'd you come from, Mr.- uh- Mr. Smith"? Kitty _____ politely. "Where from"? he mused. "Out. I been ri
[009] s to put on around the house". The puzzled saleslady _____ , "How large is your house, Madam"? This saleslady
[010] qually indefinite. "What have you got on today"? she _____ . "A blue suit", he answered. "Who's in it"? she cont
[011] done", she said promptly. He thought a moment, then _____ , "You mean petted"? "No", she smiled, "objected".
[012] center, where the meeting is to be held. And when I _____ about hotels, Larry mentioned one I never heard of.
7. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] PINS SET IN GUIDES IN RADIAL SLOTS (FIG.1)._ Each _____ is individually sprung to a tensioning member which
[002] ne of the test specimen. The minimum diameter of the _____ frame in the collapsed state is 11 inches and the ma
[003] he number of angels who could stand on the head of a _____ "? "I had that in mind". "If you substitute '
[004] is not insoluble, given the metallic content of the _____ in question". "Which you are programed to compute
[005] re time I could have loosened a small burr or cotter _____ - Suddenly and not a second too soon I thought of
[006] y're laughing about it, Mamma. Zion stayed to get my _____ , but it'll be a cold day in June when I go back".
[007] her than the loving, sorry note and her best garnet _____ . Perhaps Doaty had guessed already and kept her coun
[008] ucts to play a desired role: a man may choose a blue _____ -striped suit when he is being his professional self,
[009] t the whole Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a _____ . Since the announcement of that old-fashioned develop
[010] - based man, from Edinburgh, has always been hard to _____ down. Yesterday, he produced his second extraordinary
[011] uspicion exists that Maclean picks locks with a bent _____ as a hobby. He was 9-13 down in the third game this t
[012] nistration. Strenuous efforts were made to remove _____ pricking from administration statements. Policies on
8. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] plying a single city with power generated by its own _____ - generation plant. Let us also assume the existenc
[002] "leapfrog" was a phenomenon of the railroad and the _____ turbine, and the time when the belts of residence su
[003] the equivalent of a few mills per kwhr for process _____ . Radiation, therefore, is at an initial cost disadva
[004] e machine is equipped with a pipe for injecting live _____ that is capable of raising the temperature of water
[005] *f inches; this level will be increased by condensed _____ . When this water level has been reached, inject
[006] . When this water level has been reached, inject _____ into the wheel until the temperature reaches that sh
[007] 00-109` F. (38-43` C.) and start the machine. Inject _____ , if necessary, to reach the temperature shown in Col
[008] C.). When this water level has been reached, inject _____ until the temperature is that shown in Column D. Dr
[009] ` C.). When this water level has been reached inject _____ until the temperature is that shown in Column F. Dr
[010] ith a vicious whoosh like the first stroke of an old _____ engine. At the same instant, Elaine screamed wildly,
[011] oods, and many still make painted furniture and take _____ -baths. Pretty girls among them, with blonde hair and
[012] naventure seemed to disintegrate with a roar of live _____ , geysers of sparks and flames, and a dense cloud of
9. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] he icebox. Several sections of a loaf of dark bread; _____ ; jam; a tiny cake of ice. In their search for what t
[002] l with their sugar in it, and the plate of bread and _____ , and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot mil
[003] ey passed the marmalade, the bread, the black-market _____ , back and forth. Nothing was said about hotels or tr
[004] vidual is visited on the group, then (the warm sweet _____ dripped from her raised trembling fork and she pushe
[005] times she came in the kitchen and asked for a peanut _____ sandwich. "You know we don't keep peanut
[006] sandwich. "You know we don't keep peanut _____ in this house", he always told her. "Why, Winston",
[007] specific brand preferences for products like peanut _____ , ketchup, coffee, and canned soup are all product ca
[008] e inventive fillips, lovely touches like the Bordeaux _____ slathered on satiny strip steak topped with frizzled
[009] rning home after selling rucksacks full of sausages, _____ , Polish vodka and cigarettes on West Berlin's black m
[010] ch guest. Salt and pepper each breast. Dip in melted _____ and roll in flour. Place side by side in a 2-inch de
[011] this is baking, saute mushrooms, fresh or canned, in _____ . Sprinkle over top of chicken breasts. Serve each br
[012] k. @ Americans eat too much fat. With meat, milk, _____ and ice cream, the calorie-heavy U.S. diet is 40% fa
10. WORDS
bargain
butter
dot
inquired
leather
pin
pity
rail
steam
warmth
[001] the price increase that the industry claims the wage _____ would entail. Public indignation and resistance t
[002] s be done away with. Contract- conceived as the free _____ of formal equals- replaced the implied obligations o
[003] a kid and maybe lose one of his hiding places in the _____ . That would make him mad enough if he was sober. I d
[004] this, or will you help? I know it's not part of the _____ , and your elders might not like it". "Nobody el
[005] smile. Poor John was the kind of stock that keeps a _____ without whimpering and maybe bends over backward to
[006] ic vinegar. Winn-Dixie has positioned itself as the _____ shopper's alternative, advertising cheap wine and bee
[007] enerations may not be able to keep their part of the _____ . In most developed countries, people are living longe
[008] ouble the cost of a regular employee and still be a _____ . FOR people living in an ostensibly free society, Am
[009] at dusk. Jennie also told me about Columbia County's _____ prices on everything from farm- stand fruit and anti
[010] against the D. C. Corrections Department as 'quite a _____ . ' Seen from the perspective of a government lawyer
[011] nces, has these resources by the town- full, and at a _____ price by our standards. Selling the idea does take t
[012] rs. Price depends on location. Sometimes buying is a _____ , even without considering appreciation, compared to