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 )
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
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2. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] aborate bouffant hairdos- despite the admonitions of _____ guidance personnel- are not unknown even in early mo
[002] ow did he feel about modern art? Again Steinberg was _____ and replied with a smile that he was not exposed to
[003] ighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but _____ harrumphing was heard. Then, after overtures to acce
[004] ficer returned and Thomas followed on his heels. The _____ Thomas re-examined the note and then, making up his
[005] Washington evidently was anxious for Morgan to be _____ as well as aggressive, for on May 17th, 18th and 20t
[006] ourses and their content. Furthermore, there is a _____ conservatism on the part of those making local skill
[007] aps that the mountain might set for her. She must be _____ so as not to alert the scheming forest. When th
[008] e one left to distract him. He strained his hearing. _____ feet stepping on leafmold; faint creaking of belts a
[009] e was a child. Now, some of the acknowledgments were _____ , but all were interested. An old man, sitting aga
[010] estic consumption is a vital factor. Yet one must be _____ . Historically tea has been a fairly dull market, domi
[011] share price, partly reversing Monday's 6p drop, is a _____ acknowledgement of the logic of the deal and the bol
[012] Mr Cheney said there was "considerable reason" to be _____ . US doubts were redoubled by news that the coup was t
3. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] wrong. For Castro was bringing Cuba not freedom, but _____ . He spent long hours before the TV spitting out pro
[002] e Prosecutor did his utmost to prove actual personal _____ of Jews, his success on this score was doubtful and
[003] age. But he was very much like his associates in his _____ of camp routine. Near the end of his service he wrot
[004] same gamut of feeling, from friendliness to extreme _____ . The Rebs were, to a Massachusetts corporal, "fighti
[005] unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and _____ of a people. He moves through Harlem, therefore, l
[006] of sympathy, but something closer to the passionate _____ that was directed against Fascism. I do not think
[007] subjected to embarrassment or provocation by Yankee- _____ displayed in social gatherings. From my wife's exper
[008] e. When they express themselves it is incandescent _____ that shines forth, the rage of repudiation, the ecst
[009] ything Hearst wanted, even if it was something good. _____ tied his hands in Congress. Roosevelt and others con
[010] did "reach in Asia". Years of war, strain, and _____ ; of heavy arms expenditures and constant danger of a
[011] happiness, and ended in long years of suffering and _____ . Hardy obviously felt that these poems were peculiar
[012] id not like the identity. He did not spill over with _____ for the enemy. He hadn't even seen him yet ...
4. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] up to the Communists; we are stronger and more self- _____ - and Low cannot so easily put us to rights. Or
[002] sings and contours of the music he deals with than a _____ dance creator need be. @ #'AN AMERICAN JOURNEY'# A
[003] though war should rise against me, in this will I be _____ ". That is almost a perfect description of the pre
[004] of the newly discovered sea (now called Hudson Bay), _____ he was on his way to the warm waters of the Pacific.
[005] l voice. Instead Sergeant Early was quiet, sharp and _____ . He had enlisted in the Army straight out of high sc
[006] while Jones, on the other hand, appeared perfectly _____ and Ulyate decided perhaps that was the answer. F
[007] ritually Marxist. We will recall that the still _____ liberals of the Truman administration gathered with
[008] y Tom had been postponing giving them an answer, I'm _____ , because he did not want to go out there to teach. I
[009] show relatively low retentiveness of stems, as I am _____ will prove to be the case in most languages of the w
[010] er party campaigned heavily, while the older, more _____ party expected the Moroccan merchants and small busi
[011] tures will not continue to rise in the Sixties. I am _____ that it will, but consumer spending in the Sixties w
[012] t is. All that is needed is for one man to feel self- _____ enough to take the lead. As soon as that one man is
5. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] become aware that they have reached the end of their _____ , what do they, to their dismay, learn for the first
[002] the entire episode. We have not the leisure, or the _____ , or the skill, to comprehend what was working in the
[003] territorial conference, Torrio had, with his elastic _____ , and because he knew that retaliation could cause on
[004] g, radiating the spirit of her Master. With infinite _____ she responded to every call, no matter at what cost
[005] end and contemporary August Strindberg he had little _____ with collective mediocrity. He saw Sweden as a count
[006] while I am scraping along". This exhausted Wright's _____ , and in consequence he talked freely to reporters in
[007] acquiescence is almost Christian, comparable to the _____ expressed in Milton's sonnet on his own blindness.
[008] ramer of hearts help not) it will force me to little _____ , a little isle next to your Prudence". Williams also
[009] on the staff of the Nation, I tried to the limit the _____ of the editors on almost every occasion when I was p
[010] l require tact, sensitivity to faculty prerogatives, _____ , and persistence. ## The critical task for every p
[011] tically long working horizon. It must be marked by a _____ and persistence which have not always been its trade
[012] s own jerkings and snivelings, and Ferguson's silent _____ . He could throw himself on the mercy of the Police D
6. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] conomic aid and military equipment to friend and foe _____ ". She pushed wartorn and poverty- stricken nations
[002] s the community. Everyone in Salem, saint and sinner _____ , is swept up by it. It is like a mysterious epidemic
[003] the fact that governments and religious institutions _____ are too fallible and corruptible- in a word, too hum
[004] drama" that is unforgettable to judges and audiences _____ ... the facet of muscular development that wins priz
[005] n adjoining one. Endeavor to get the notches as much _____ as possible. The notch should have a smooth finish s
[006] ged rural Maryland Rotarians and National Press Club _____ . In Senator Joseph McCarthy's phrase, it was the m
[007] een violent and non-violent means, and apply to both _____ , justifying either on occasion and always limiting e
[008] es with every generation. There never were two fames _____ . One fame is precious and luminous; another is a bub
[009] s guaranteed to excite the emotions of men and women _____ . The bulk of his early reputation, however, came
[010] l. Like everything else in Rome, ruins and monuments _____ , that house is lived in. I have seen diapers strung
[011] I shall consider separately. These three were much _____ : lined snake (Tropidoclonion), one year and nine mon
[012] esire to contrast the first parts of words which are _____ in their last components produces an exceptional dis
7. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] an be unhealthy and even dangerous. It can, in fact, _____ a marriage. When a husband is sexually selfish an
[002] to stay alive. But he's a welfare case now- a human _____ - thanks to this modern witch doctor. But the mach
[003] a deadly enemy". "Dammit, Phil, are you trying to _____ my career? Because that's what you're doing- wreckin
[004] d combination ... a strange pair to stumble upon the _____ of the Trinidad. But Graham hadn't stumbled on it. T
[005] car came under the trailer as it slowed down for the _____ then speeded up again as it got clear. When the
[006] e up in the sky, above the clouds, and this freakish _____ of a man desperately trying to get away. "Fathe
[007] d? No, I want out, Joe"! I looked at the pathetic _____ of a woman before me. Let her out, let her out- that
[008] o probably never even see many of the buildings they _____ , are installed. Buildings that once had their own loc
[009] eporter, "there is something. It looks like part of a _____ half buried in the sand." "Ah!" cried Pencroft, "I se
[010] ment when it stranded on the beach. "There has been a _____ , then, in some part of the island," said Herbert. "E
[011] several hundred steps. No other articles or pieces of _____ could be found. Herbert and Neb climbed a high rock t
[012] l. However, there was no doubt that there had been a _____ . Perhaps this incident was connected with that of th
8. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] T'S DEVIL SAUCE# Put into a saucepan a cupful of the _____ ham gravy, or of the boiled ham liquor, with a half
[002] Today whole grains are freshly ground every day and _____ into bread. Mr. Clark's studies taught him that the
[003] istens for the completion of the grinding. The bread _____ from this mixture is light in color and fragrant in
[004] ity, that Shah Abbas /2, in about 1657 built, of sun- _____ brick, tile, and stone, the present bridge. It is a
[005] we'd had in a long time, and on Montero's orders had _____ enough bread to last the day. Buckets were filled,
[006] e valley stretched endlessly out ahead, scorched and _____ and writhing in its heat, until it vanished into the
[007] a lot better, but the Woman's Exchange isn't taking _____ goods any more and I can't leave the baby with Grand
[008] p tables in the front room and serve salads and your _____ beans and brown bread and Grandma could dress like a
[009] g of olive oil, shallots and balsamic vinegar and the _____ Brie he rings with pears. He has added new appetizers
[010] nn Curtis's fine costumes, and Gerard Howland's half- _____ set remain as they were. The problem with the latter
[011] official, meets the other, the parallel. Her freshly _____ treat goes for 100 Kwanzas, about £2 at the legal ex
[012] mple, each inscribed with Lord Rama's name, are being _____ and blessed at ceremonies around the country. Irresp
9. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] rspective- the ability to plan for the future and to _____ gratifying immediate wants in order to achieve long-
[002] th of London, a salient finding was the inability to _____ gratification, a need to satisfy impulses immediatel
[003] I mean. It is at least possible that the capacity to _____ gratification is developed as well as expressed in a
[004] ivilization. On this principle of division I must _____ the evolution of sculpture, architecture, society, a
[005] house, his nourished face unrevealing, consented to _____ his departure a few minutes to talk to the detective
[006] y one that lasted months- instead of deciding not to _____ the date until he could get away. Here they were at
[007] t of keeping the Trie-related donations quiet was to _____ until late in the election cycle the controversy over
[008] on clothing this year, the State Legislature voted to _____ a repeal for two years. But shoppers are still getti
[009] Soderstrom was ill the Monday before last, and had to _____ her recital in the Blackheath International Song Seri
[010] political attack on Fiat. The decision is likely to _____ a hearing on the charges for many months and it is n
[011] China to its lawful seat in the United Nations, and _____ non-military programs at home". TASS from Mosc
[012] rspective- the ability to plan for the future and to _____ gratifying immediate wants in order to achieve long-
10. WORDS
alike
baked
basket
cautious
confident
hatred
log
patience
postpone
wreck
[001] ove, a coffee pot and a stew pot; maybe a skillet, a _____ of essentials like salt, pepper, plates, forks, kniv
[002] of of the U.N. There, Begley lit a fire in a wire _____ , and Bang-Jensen dropped four sealed envelopes into
[003] took the stack of mail and tossed it into the waste _____ . "Don't bother. Every letter answers itself in a cou
[004] re of the party of "forty-niners", and was to hold a _____ . One sees Costaggini's rendering of the same figure
[005] ER OF THE ROTARY TUMBLE TYPE, HAVING A CYLINDRICAL _____ APPROXIMATELY 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 24 INCHES
[006] EXTRACTOR OF THE LAUNDRY-TYPE WITH A PERFORATED _____ , APPROXIMATELY 11 INCHES DEEP BY 17 INCHES IN DIAM
[007] ad again stopped and again removed one hand from the _____ . He could not make out, but he knew that again she w
[008] out at the garden. "Winston", she said, "get the _____ for the breakables". Winston had the big straw
[009] for the breakables". Winston had the big straw _____ ready in the hall. He brought it in and put it down
[010] e out", she added sharply. Winston laid it in the _____ . "Mr. Jack sets store by that". "Really, Winsto
[011] n Glendora was despairingly picking chickens. "Get a _____ ", Sarah told her. "We'll go to the storehouse".
[012] Maude. She sent Glendora back to the house, her _____ and her apron laden. She stood for a moment, rain dr