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 )
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
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2. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] t wear the banner of God and at the same time harbor _____ , jealousy and grudges in your heart. Henry van Dyke
[002] nd his six enlisted men. Lieutenant Richardson could _____ the officers and men of the John Harvey in their inn
[003] at causes him to alternate between megalomania and _____ of those above him. "Is this the type of citizen you
[004] were such that he, a college graduate himself, must _____ me them. Was I sure, he asked, that I knew what I wa
[005] g line, a subtle genius, Swinburne, difficult not to _____ a gifted man, and perhaps he did .... But there w
[006] ed unquenched by my pity a fire of hate, an enduring _____ that burst out in that ghastly outcry? Was that what
[007] se of Early Spring, haunted and now full of hurt and _____ . He felt so much like laughing; even like shouting a
[008] iew. Executives of Esprit, a brand that was once the _____ of the fashion industry, today live for such custome
[009] ists here. While it is not entirely free of backstage _____ and whining, there is a remarkable degree of mutual
[010] ance of about an inch. This reaction was three parts _____ and one part that indefinable sense of loss caused b
[011] ergy. In the former, the emotional trefoil - disdain, _____ , indignation - might have been more decisively disti
[012] a whispered respect his more famous namesakes might _____ . Ferguson is flawless, a folk hero in two countries.
3. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] picture clearly shows individual buildings, runways, _____ -ways, separate spans of bridges, etc. With these kee
[002] Prisca to the Viale Aventino. Here you can pick up a _____ or public transport to return to the center of the c
[003] our of 4:45 a.m. I had planned to go to the hotel by _____ and sleep a little, after which Mr. Uno would arrive
[004] I left the party as soon as possible and got into a _____ . On the glass partition between me and the driver we
[005] e walked away in a rainstorm, unwilling to hear of a _____ or even an umbrella, although he was at the time nin
[006] ts and journalists, Village hangers-on and barflies, _____ drivers and editors and unknown poets, as well as fr
[007] ing to know all the low-down. The other patrons were _____ drivers and art students and small shopkeepers. The
[008] her to be sure that it went toward her dowry. A _____ took him back to the bar and grill where he had left
[009] rhood of warehouses and garages, truck terminals and _____ repair shops, gasoline pumps and longshoremen's lunc
[010] k in the sky. Greg rumbled down the rough metal _____ strip, and one by one the seven members of his fligh
[011] a drink. We live down by the Base commissary. Grab a _____ ". "I'll be there, but I'll walk", Doc said. "I've
[012] about the Farneses in the old days. Then they took a _____ to Trastevere. "There's a church you should see", sh
4. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] re prevented from reaching the upper body by tying a _____ about the patient's waist. For sprains and swel
[002] s the throwin' of an animal by the tail in lieu of a _____ . Any animal could when travelin' fast, be sent heels
[003] John, but he ducked back. Jones then recoiled his _____ and threw again, this time hitting her on the back b
[004] ng for a chance to throw, but ready to spin and run, _____ whining about his head, horse edging tensely under
[005] e of her, Jones moved in from the south. Tossing his _____ and shouting he attracted her attention. He succeede
[006] s hardly suitable. Skipping was the alternative. A _____ was found and, like children in school, the missiona
[007] guous figure as people in action. Responses such as " _____ with a loop in it", and "two pieces of
[008] with a loop in it", and "two pieces of _____ ", were quite characteristic. _GUILFORD-MARTIN PERSON
[009] l of the current. A soldier held the end of a frayed _____ . Three Union guards appeared, carrying their rifl
[010] design for the Camden Cycly Company plant hung on a _____ in one corner, and over his desk, next to several ol
[011] lained, "s'posin' you was a nester swingin' the long _____ ? Which would you be most scairt of- a dry-gulchin' o
[012] e stall, reached over to untie the buckskin's halter _____ , and waved his hand in the animal's face. The b
5. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] e in ancient India believed the earth was a huge tea _____ resting on the backs of three giant elephants, which
[002] er at alien regions. In doing away with the tea _____ , the elephants and the giant tortoise, science has d
[003] orter from Manning's Fish House would trot in with a _____ on his head. It was draped with snowy napkins that k
[004] ips into the kitchen. (This goes for getting a drink _____ ready, and for having a big cooler full of ice on ha
[005] well be uremia". He looked disapprovingly at an ash _____ piled high with cigarette stubs, shook his head, and
[006] hort, contemptuous laugh, pushed forward his own ash _____ , innocent of a single butt, thumped his chest to sho
[007] dining room, the whole meal on a vast linen-covered _____ . She looked at the girl speculatively from eyes whic
[008] e light of the sea in them. Angelina placed the _____ on the table and with a flick of dark wrist drew off
[009] said the old lady, and brought her eyes down to the _____ . "You remember them, I suppose"? She glinted suspici
[010] ole". Angelina stepped back, her eyes roaming the _____ for omissions. Then she looked at the old woman agai
[011] filled a big pitcher and set it, with glasses, on a _____ . Carrying it to the living room, she imagined the pi
[012] ow for their trouble. Going downstairs with the _____ , Winston wished he could have given in to Miss Ada,
6. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] asked others to pray; all over the country a massive _____ of prayer was thrown around him. Today the cancer is
[002] . It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a _____ , for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of
[003] anode holder outside the regime of the arc, a carbon _____ was attached tothe surface providing an air gap of 1
[004] holder. In addition, the inner surface of the carbon _____ was covered with aluminum foil to reduce radiation.
[005] uminum foil to reduce radiation. Temperatures of the _____ and of the surface of the water-cooled anode holder
[006] ic, they will be. The Iliad has two words for the _____ , |a|s|p|i|s and |s|a|k|o|s. RECENT CRITICISM OF Gr
[007] n from mineral deposits, and the atmosphere seems to _____ out most of the solar output. Any little dose of rad
[008] s, dragging her off her feet. He hovered over her to _____ her, for spent bullets were thudding against the rea
[009] ffs, a kind of Bryce Canyon by the sea, effectively _____ the beach from the sight and sound of two parallel t
[010] asked others to pray; all over the country a massive _____ of prayer was thrown around him. Today the cancer is
[011] . It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a _____ , for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of
[012] anode holder outside the regime of the arc, a carbon _____ was attached tothe surface providing an air gap of 1
7. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] or the last time. In fact he seemed delighted to get _____ of them. Some observers speculated that this might b
[002] political support Mr. Rusk will need if he is to get _____ of department personnel engaged, as Sen. Jackson put
[003] present their humble apologies to Khrushchev- or get _____ of Enver Hoxa. These seem about the only two ways in
[004] fidence in human progress, and of a determination to _____ the world of its ills. The Hopkinsian universal disi
[005] gative results but not much that is positive. Debate _____ us of McCarthy but did not give us much that is posi
[006] etter than to have lost the first without having got _____ of the second. The other reason (and the one with wh
[007] r he continued to proclaim loudly that the city must _____ itself of "that Frenchman". The slow tapping of a
[008] onto the floor of the tunnel. It was a relief to get _____ of the weight. He was shaking with tension and it to
[009] te smile. "Mr. Skyros too smart a fellow want to get _____ of me", he said. "It's O.K., Denny, everything's O.K
[010] ... Haney went to bed, happy that at least he was _____ of that lousy landlord. After all, the man had no fa
[011] HIMSELF HE WOULD FORGET Ann Turner. He was well _____ of her. He certainly didn't want a wife who was fick
[012] e with a fella that's workin' for crooks. So you get _____ of that pistol right now, Mis-ter McBride. You do th
8. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] eded to sink his 25-footer, and his gallery sent its _____ vocalization rolling back along the intervening fair
[002] in more business. The 1960 census underscored the _____ character of the population growth. It also brought
[003] ball; but packed in that metallic ball there was the _____ force of 20,000 tons of TNT. That is enough TNT to
[004] pons. Few people realize that one kiloton of nuclear _____ power will create 1,000 psi overpressure at 100 fee
[005] is is a varmint load, pure and simple; it's much too _____ for small edible game. It can cut a red squirrel nea
[006] straddled by a pair of ships heavily laden with high _____ and if they were hit the John Harvey would likely be
[007] the ship contained nothing more dangerous than high _____ bombs. They seemed happy at the delay in unloading,
[008] anquil than Tahiti. Yet Laos was now one of the most _____ headaches of statesmen around the globe. The Pathet
[009] nize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in _____ contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had
[010] h than their naked pursuers. Rank was becoming an _____ issue in all three of Sherman's armies. Merited reco
[011] watching and an activity of preparing for something _____ to happen. Today, tomorrow, six months, even perhaps
[012] full of good food she had cooked, and good humor; an _____ laugh which always carried everything before it. He
9. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] work for The New Yorker, to edit a Western pulp, to " _____ the war in the OWI", to write publicity for Paramou
[002] y involved in politics before the war. They did not " _____ the war" but they fought in it, however reluctantly;
[003] ingers came away covered with blood. Before he could _____ , another stone struck him. And another. "Let hi
[004] nce, not gripes. If you need a Day off to calm down, _____ over to the Muslim Paradise and take it. Otherwise,
[005] in and fury Jess made his attack. Curt managed to _____ beneath the man's flailing fist, and drove home a so
[006] when damage could be done. Just like shooting at a _____ while performing a half-gainer from a diving board.
[007] r's, no straps on the shouders. "Why didn't you _____ "? he snapped. "This is my rock". "Isn't". "I
[008] his was going to be a man's world: the North Woods, _____ blinds at dawning, beer and poker and male secretari
[009] nto the box this time. When he finally did he had to _____ his head quickly away as the pitch came in. "Li
[010] y, I'd spent the first two relaxing at the minimalist _____ Cove Inn in Margaree Harbour, weighing the natural o
[011] He has added new appetizers, like his famous smoked _____ breast salad, and strengthened old ones. What were t
[012] ith a touch of cassis brought up the gamey flavor of _____ breast, and a crust of ground hazelnuts and garlic s
10. WORDS
duck
envy
explosive
knelt
rid
rope
shield
taxi
tray
veil
[001] mother was deeply religious. So was my brother. He _____ down at his bed as long as he could kneel. My father
[002] he nuns that this was too much for a young girl. She _____ out of reverence for having read the Meditations of
[003] little niche in his mother's bedroom, where she had _____ to tell the good Virgin of her needs. The blue-drape
[004] . The blue-draped Virgin was still there, but no one _____ before her now. Not even Varnessa; she, too, prayed
[005] for it. It was too late to worry about that. He _____ slowly and dumped the corpse onto the floor of the t
[006] him from the tree. Down the tree he scrambled and _____ at the edge of foliage. The marine was sprawled some
[007] ng surface the sheaf of white roses I had ordered. I _____ , just for decency I thought at the time, but found m
[008] ound with a big stone in the center behind which she _____ and hid, listening to the madness of her heart and w
[009] iece of paper which the reporter held out to him, and _____ down before the fireplace. Some handfuls of grass, le
[010] companions nor heard the sailor speak. The reporter _____ down beside the motionless body, and placed his ear
[011] attentive examination. "He lives!" said he. Pencroft _____ in his turn beside the engineer, he also heard a thro
[012] le of a dial. The moment had come, and Cyrus Harding _____ on the sand, and with little wooden pegs, which he st