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.
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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
autumn
complaint
fond
loyal
needle
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polite
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tribes
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2. WORDS
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[001] redictable. Maybe that was why they were cordial and _____ towards the unpredictability of Arlene. "Just you
[002] versus Reeboks, many consumers make it a policy to be _____ to their favorite brand. Rival brands like Nike and R
[003] teristics does this animal have? Is it intelligent? _____ ? Arrogant? ’ΔΆ Anthropomorphism is the practice of d
[004] ce in the Bosnian Serb city of Banja Luka who remain _____ to their wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, had stored
[005] s access to the news media and insure that his once- _____ military forces remain at least neutral in his power
[006] rcko in an attempt to hand it over to police officers _____ to Ms. (Biljana) Plavsic. But police officers
[007] to Ms. (Biljana) Plavsic. But police officers _____ to her rival, Radovan Karadzic, called on supporters
[008] recovery of the pro- Noriega forces on Tuesday. The " _____ " forces air- lifted a company of troops to an air- st
[009] here remained a solid contingent of the defence force _____ to General Noriega, who is wanted in the US on drug-
[010] is General Staff, both until now thought to have been _____ senior officers. Colonel Guillermo Wong headed G-2 mi
[011] Sources also pointed to the swift response of troops _____ to General Noriega, especially the 7th Infantry, as e
[012] y after a similar coup attempt last year by promoting _____ officers to the important Strategic Military Council a
3. WORDS
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complaint
fond
loyal
needle
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pad
polite
steep
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[001] erism and real invention. Above all, Lutyens dared to _____ the conventional crowning cornice. For the young Maxw
[002] 4. Swadesh, and therefore Hoijer, felt compelled to _____ all terms denoting species or even genera (fox, vult
4. WORDS
autumn
complaint
fond
loyal
needle
omit
pad
polite
steep
tribes
[001] be more easily ascertained. In fact, the longer the _____ of a dial is, the more easily can the movement of its
[002] ollowed. The shadow of the stick was nothing but the _____ of a dial. The moment had come, and Cyrus Harding kn
[003] croft, aided by Herbert, who handled the sailmaker's _____ with much skill, worked with such energy that the sa
[004] e thus obtained, Harding could easily fasten to it a _____ arranged on a dial, bearing the letters of the alphab
[005] eavy gale of wind, lasting five or six days; then the _____ of the instrument remained stationary at a height of
[006] orral:-- "What do you want?" A few moments later the _____ , moving on the alphabetic dial, gave this reply to t
[007] d to nip ear lobes of unsuspecting visitors with his _____ -sharp teeth. He preferred sleeping in bed with his h
[008] T MARKERS:_ When directions read " sl a marker on _____ ", put a small safety pin, paper clip, or commercial
[009] safety pin, paper clip, or commercial ring marker on _____ . In working, always slip marker from one
[010] . In working, always slip marker from one _____ to another. To mark a row or stitch, tie contrasting
[011] rows or patterns. Thread matching yarn in tapestry _____ . Run end of yarn through several stitches along edge
[012] together invisibly. Thread matching yarn in tapestry _____ . Hold edges together, right side up. HOTEI is 2
5. WORDS
autumn
complaint
fond
loyal
needle
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pad
polite
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[001] enough lift to have Sidhu sharply caught off bat and _____ by John Morris. Morris's contribution to this match i
[002] tified that in order to retain the account he had to _____ his invoices and pay the excess to the manager. The
[003] ed with a full beavertail fore end, a cushion recoil _____ and a barrel-wide ventilated rib for fast sighting.
[004] r owned any painting overalls. A man with a sketch _____ in hand sat with a large pink woman in a small offic
[005] from you today". With his free hand he pulled a _____ and pencil toward him and began to make notes as he
[006] than three hours ago we'd decided, in Maxine Wells's _____ on Cosmo, to commit a trial murder. It had gone like
[007] o safe? Thinking like that can get you into a padded _____ . An hour later we were back in my unpadded
[008] . An hour later we were back in my unpadded _____ , killing what had been left of the second pint. We d
[009] e for two o'clock in the afternoon at Maxine Wells's _____ . Charlie would get there early because he had the ke
6. WORDS
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fond
loyal
needle
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polite
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tribes
[001] unched. They were inseparable, not because they were _____ of each other, but because they wanted to keep an ey
[002] Valley's most famous grape growers, Mr. di Rosa was _____ of showing up at tony wine events wearing clownish bo
[003] women ages 17 to 30. Esprit, company management is _____ of saying, is 'an attitude and not an age. ' 'The lo
[004] ures of the best professors in Boston, who were very _____ of the intelligent, industrious lad. And his turn for
[005] plants, which the rabbits appeared to be particularly _____ of. On the reporter observing that since the table wa
[006] igs." "Why?" "Because that pleases me!" "Are you very _____ of pig then, Pencroft?" "I am very
[007] of pig then, Pencroft?" "I am very _____ of pig," replied the sailor, "particularly of its fee
[008] w his teeth, as is sometimes done. He will soon grow _____ of his masters if they are kind to him." "And they wi
[009] nd a mound of corn fritters. Vernon was consummately _____ of oysters, and Manning's had been famous for them s
[010] air warning where warning is due, no one who becomes _____ of wines ever avoids acquiring some degree of puri
[011] ose. Our inability to explain why certain people are _____ of us frequently induces the same kind of ritual and
[012] e limited social-political-economical context we are _____ of today. Otherwise, we go on endlessly trying to dr
7. WORDS
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[001] ern Thailand -- taking an elephant-back tour of hill _____ . The next, on a crazy impulse, he and his friend were
[002] onship between Washington and the nation's 554 Indian _____ for more than a century. These riders are reprehensi
[003] They would undercut tribal sovereignty and hurt some _____ financially. They were slipped into the bill after p
[004] to prioritize the allocation of Federal financing to _____ based on economic need. The
[005] based on economic need. The _____ ' sovereignty will in no way "erode" by giving citiz
[006] the loyalty of his own Marehan clan and other Darode _____ . The Ogadeni tribe, once the backbone of his army, h
[007] lace him? The Somali nation has broken down into its _____ and there is little trust between them. The removal o
[008] each other far as the eye could reach. The feathered _____ of the island were all represented--grouse, jacamars,
[009] Europe; and it was filled then as now by quarreling _____ with no political or historical unity. Its boundaries
[010] least seven major "culture clusters" and innumerable _____ speaking 400 separate dialects. The religions of the
[011] for ethnic groupings. Thus some provinces contained _____ which detested each other, and to them independence
[012] any of them drawn from savage and even cannibalistic _____ , erupted in mutiny, rioting, raping and looting. Ter
8. WORDS
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loyal
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[001] closet--always there yet never directly addressed in _____ company. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
[002] ey put their manicured, uncallused hands together in _____ applause, but they have not ripped out their hearts a
[003] tcy and satanic drabness of a fictional new town, the _____ credits' acknowledgment to the real modern conurbatio
[004] trike me for this. First, the work is dramaturgically _____ ; it consults its audience too much to be taken seriou
[005] mericans, especially children, were encouraged to be _____ ? Why has this form of gentility gone out of American
[006] s no match for Ruth in "color"- which is sometimes a _____ word for delinquent behavior on and off the field. R
[007] tment's constant fight with the House for money is a _____ minuet compared with its periodic bloody engagements
[008] rtificial refinements which had come to dominate the _____ letters of the South. William Gilmore Simms, sturdy
[009] nd to be introduced to Scotty and Rachel. Rachel was _____ , Scotty indifferent. They ate the cafeteria food wit
[010] h. They did; though contemptuous, they were still _____ . But when he was finally through, their scorn was ma
[011] ey reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few _____ words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the for
9. WORDS
autumn
complaint
fond
loyal
needle
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polite
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[001] rescind an insurance contract precede the filing of a _____ . In contrast, the California Civil Code allows an ans
[002] the California Civil Code allows an answer or cross- _____ to serve as timely notice for other types of contract
[003] rehensive about the dog? And if there is a bona fide _____ regarding someone's aggressive dog, and the dog is d
[004] Ronald Kessler is a late entry into these annals of _____ , though you wouldn't know it from his wide- eyed and
[005] oing to learn? The restaurant chain is facing another _____ of discriminatory treatment three years after payin
[006] United Parcel Service. Mr. Hoffa had earlier filed a _____ accusing Ms. Quindel of a conflict of interest, a cha
[007] ppears to be escalating. BIIBA has now made a strong _____ to Fimbra about the latter's decision to withdraw fro
[008] left to adapt to a new system. The governments' main _____ is that for the Commission's plan to work, a special
[009] RRA RAIDERS arrived at Old Trafford yesterday with a _____ . Their preparations for tomorrow's world club challen
[010] o see the tape before making any response. Richmond's _____ is based on what they say was shown up by the video.
[011] roft, Herbert and Spilett suffered cruelly, but not a _____ escaped their lips. They were determined to follow To
[012] ago. U.S. Attorney Macon Weaver said the federal _____ , charged that the juror gave false information when
10. WORDS
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loyal
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[001] aveller outside the town of Malbork, leaning from the _____ slope without fear of wind or vertigo, looks down in
[002] dolescents, rising above them in your seat like some _____ , anomalous hump on a demographic chart, you are, in
[003] Valley golf course's membership fee of $100,000 a bit _____ . FORTY pounds of parachute on their backs. Twenty- t
[004] an Onofre, just south of San Clemente, is a place of _____ bluffs overlooking a wide, sandy beach. The beach, n
[005] of Arts and Crafts. By the first curve in the campus' _____ driveway, the exhausting throb of stop- and-go traffi
[006] e news of the meeting of the two executives follows a _____ rise in Pearl's share price last Friday. It rose 44p
[007] s probe: The Stock Exchange is investigating Friday's _____ rise in the share price of Pearl Group, the life insu
[008] ange is mounting a preliminary investigation into the _____ rise in the share price of Pearl Group, the British l
[009] ent building, atop the hill dominating the spires and _____ - sloping rooftops of the old Hanseatic heart of Esto
[010] tly the French civil service average, are demanding a _____ increase in pay. Their negotiators have refused to t
[011] er's shoulders, climbed for about a hundred feet up a _____ acclivity and reached a level place, with very few t
[012] zigzags to make the slope more easy, for it was very _____ , and the footing being exceedingly precarious requir