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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 )
ashamed
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elephants
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thief
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[001] oes from claiming equal rights. They insist they are _____ of such violence and intimidation as occurred in Ala
[002] s but our hearts and heads that have grown too soft. _____ of our wealth and power, afraid of so-called world o
[003] at any of his most devastating fights and ever feel _____ of his conduct as a combatant under fire or his poli
[004] ler with the school band. Almost immediately she was _____ of herself for feeling vain, at such a time, in such
[005] e hot sun in his face, which made him sweat and feel _____ . Winston had been surprised at her for that. Still,
[006] ck with the needle". "Yes", said Mercer, a little _____ of his obviousness. "Soon", said the half-man. Th
[007] The grateful way she looked at Morgan made him _____ of himself. When he saw the expression in her eyes,
[008] et you go way from me again ..." He closed his eyes, _____ of his tears. "I'll go, Clay". Clayton freed
[009] for a pass by his own nephew! You should- smack!- be _____ of yourself. He had better write a postcard to Walte
[010] d his legs were rubbery. As his feet slowed, he felt _____ of the panic and resolved to make a stand. He crosse
[011] this Woman was almost always with him. He would feel _____ each time and wonder whether his mother and father k
[012] be brushing up on her typing so Eugenia wouldn't be _____ of it. "And then whenever I have a minute I can be w
3. WORDS
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[001] fense and foreign aid appropriations. #'NOT FLASH IN _____ '# Sprinkel told conferees that the recent improvemen
[002] economic activity was not a "temporary flash in the _____ " but the beginning of a substantial cyclical expansi
[003] in flour. Place side by side in a 2-inch deep baking _____ . Bake slowly about one hour at 250-275 F. until ligh
[004] ery year, it is only fourteen hours from New York by _____ American World Airways jet, four hours from Rome.
[005] em at the Turkish Government Tourist Office, next to _____ American's office on the left as you enter the drive
[006] xpensive equipment in the world. The simplest grill ( _____ type) or inexpensive hibachi can make you a chef. Yo
[007] d agates or other semi-precious stones or a place to _____ gold, etcetera may be of interest. Some areas may pr
[008] ruises as well. This was made by putting butter in a _____ of water and allowing it to boil; when it was cool,
[009] ubiquitous herb garden, or by soaking the feet in a _____ of hot water in which two cups of salt had been diss
[010] course. There are thousands of square miles of salt _____ which are hideous. They are huge areas which have be
[011] squatting by the hearth, breaking up hardtack into a _____ . A pot was boiling on the coals. "Done give Ole Buck
[012] ile I cut it up fer the lob-scuse". He dumped the _____ of crumbled hardtack into the boiling pot of lobscou
4. WORDS
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[001] on a couple of years ago. He lost, but settled for a _____ in the shape of a fedora. His successor, Secretar
[002] annah", and the delightful "Sunday". She frosted the _____ with the always reliable "Bill Bailey". From th
[003] ecoration worthy of a pastry chef creating a wedding _____ for the marriage of a Hungarian beauty (her third) a
[004] hes around in the cupboard and hauls out a chocolate _____ . It's a matter of boredom, and the subconscious feel
[005] that sells some of the best baklava- a sweet, flaky _____ - in Istanbul. It's a great favorite of the universit
[006] d. Thus creativity may run all the way from making a _____ , building a chicken coop, or producing a book, to fo
[007] 30's and has paralleled the increased feeding of the _____ and meal that are a byproduct when seeds are process
[008] the corn, oats, barley, and sorghum- as well as the _____ and meal from the processing of flaxseed, cottonseed
[009] ting conscious, experienced frustrations. He has his _____ and eats it too: if the workers say they are dissati
[010] ections of a loaf of dark bread; butter; jam; a tiny _____ of ice. In their search for what turned out to be th
[011] wisdom, and before much longer if you didn't have a _____ of their soap in the john, even your best friends wo
[012] x, and was able to surprise them with a devil's-food _____ with chocolate icing. (Sometimes I think you need on
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[001] Tartuffe observes the golden mean. His red face, his _____ gestures, and his lustful stares bespeak his sensual
[002] eveloped in the north was a religion of idolatry and _____ magic, that made the world into a huge magical garde
[003] e mind, Ch'an (Zen) was no exception to the ideas of _____ magic that dominated. A closer look at modern Zen
[004] roast- oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of _____ salt that kept them hot when served- was a standby a
[005] among the planters of Attakapas, "many of whom were _____ + passionate people, much excited by what they heard
[006] ee decades before the Civil War. These narratives of _____ action and crude language appeared first in local ne
[007] ly together, their limbs and leaves intertwined in a _____ curtain against the sun. Bushes and vines abetted th
[008] do it another way, then", he said harshly. Jess's _____ features twisted in a surprised grin which was smash
[009] such a high value on being top dog"? I added. It was _____ , almost insulting, this harsh appraisal, and she has
[010] k of broken red veins that heavy drinkers carry. Her _____ hair was two-colored- bleached blonde and its real,
[011] second on a granite anvil, and thus they obtained a _____ but useful metal. At length, after many trials and m
[012] necessary to resort again to the manufacture of the _____ felt materials. Though the colonists had suffered fro
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[001] t Washington State gave the Longhorns a 3-game total _____ of 1,512 yards (1,065 rushing and 447 passing) a new
[002] 2 of 15 passes for 174 yards, the Aggies had a total _____ of 361 yards. Texas leads in per-game rushing ave
[003] regorio said, Huff wrote a complete statement of his _____ . Later, Huff cashed three checks for $100 each at
[004] is terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the _____ came". He also spoke of "the wealth piled by the bon
[005] commit time and time again what was his most serious _____ against the historical method- namely, the tendency
[006] rude she could act to the others, before they'd take _____ , threaten to call the manager. Funny how seldom they
[007] as he played on the other man's soft spot. "No _____ intended", he said gently. "But it's just that- well
[008] aying power, speed and a knack for big plays on both _____ and defense, the Hokies pounded Rutgers, 59-19, befo
[009] season with a 44-0 loss at Princeton. Virginia Tech's _____ scored touchdowns on two 80-yard plays - an 80- yard
[010] ow. OUTLOOK: Last year the Giants were last in total _____ , passing, third-down efficiency and yards per play. U
[011] Frerotte has been handed the reigns to the team. The _____ 's consistency is its biggest asset. The psychologist
[012] a pair of waiver- wire defensive tackles. There's an _____ that hasn't looked sharp. Coach Norv Turner believes
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[001] is drawings, akin to that of graffiti scratched on a _____ wall, is equally well known. About all that remains
[002] r her head"! At this moment she was crouched in a _____ -like aperture halfway down the Reef. Ulyate made no
[003] med with catastrophes, the same faith perhaps as the _____ -men used to have in the face of famine". This n
[004] "All right. There was a sniper's nest in a mountain _____ , and it was picking off our men with devilish accura
[005] volunteers. The patrol snaked around in back of the _____ , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly
[006] id"! he said, and went out and cut his throat in the _____ near Granny Day's swamp. What has this to do with
[007] The earth smelled moist and pungent as it might in a _____ deprived of the cleansing effect of the sun's rays.
[008] ange billows. A wave of flame rippling through their _____ had reached Nagamo, his friend, and with a shriek th
[009] their faces with the sacred attis dug far off in the _____ of skeletons. They danced the paxam wildly at night,
[010] ays early- isn't that wonderful"? "Yeah, keen". A _____ seemed to be opening in Quint's stomach. "Child
[011] ending off sheets of blue and Kool-Aid green. The _____ in his stomach hurt. He had to go into the water. He
[012] s, scientists were astonished at how advanced this ’Äú _____ man's’Äù society was. The Iceman's hair was neatly cu
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[001] mpion honors of the 4- H sheep showman contest. Blue _____ went to Stephanie Shaw of Hillsboro, Larry Hinton of
[002] 4- H market hog, a Chester White. Also winning blue _____ were Bob Day of Beaverton, Tony Traxel of Beaverton
[003] uld very well cut the Kennedy legislative program to _____ from their vantage point of committee chairmanships,
[004] uble lines in the middle of the road, the twin white _____ which the car swallowed rapidly as it ascended the c
[005] h her sharp tongue she'd have cut his pompousness to _____ . It would have been Hohlbein who handled her affairs
[006] life, goddamit! And you've got to be ready to cut to _____ anybody who want to take your way of life away from
[007] hy and take it beyond the trivial function of cutting _____ ? Any conclusion we might come to about this architect
[008] mpion honors of the 4- H sheep showman contest. Blue _____ went to Stephanie Shaw of Hillsboro, Larry Hinton of
[009] 4- H market hog, a Chester White. Also winning blue _____ were Bob Day of Beaverton, Tony Traxel of Beaverton
[010] uld very well cut the Kennedy legislative program to _____ from their vantage point of committee chairmanships,
[011] uble lines in the middle of the road, the twin white _____ which the car swallowed rapidly as it ascended the c
[012] h her sharp tongue she'd have cut his pompousness to _____ . It would have been Hohlbein who handled her affairs
9. WORDS
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[001] cuses you of lying, don't deny it. Say he is a horse _____ ", runs an old adage. These men are spenders. If e
[002] the word became almost exclusively applied to a cow _____ , startin' from the days of the maverick when cowhand
[003] ndent did not resort to innuendoes. He called Pike a _____ . He said Pike had stolen mules from Harris during th
[004] ir skulls. I heard o' Texas cattlemen wrappin' a cow _____ up in green hides and lettin' the sun shrink 'em and
[005] stling cattle than farming were lying fallow. No cow _____ could count on a jury of his sympathetic peers to fr
[006] te Gyp Carmer so casually, even were he to prove the _____ . He tramped out of the Miners Rest with his hopes pl
[007] er? ... Who's there"? For a moment he felt like a _____ discovered. Then Julia appeared under the arch leadi
[008] blicity. It was reported to Welch's office that a _____ in the city jail had attempted suicide. Welch wanted
[009] . ') Favorable book review. Adam Worth, the greatest _____ of the 19th century, could have furnished the basis
[010] on of Crime-The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master _____ ,' British journalist Ben Macintyre has given him a
[011] s by Vermeer and Rembrandt. Mr. Connor, a career art _____ , helped recover both a $1 million Rembrandt stolen fr
[012] cuses you of lying, don't deny it. Say he is a horse _____ ", runs an old adage. These men are spenders. If e
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[001] n men, a woman and a teen-age boy tramped over cold, _____ , fog-enshrouded ground during a two-hour field drill
[002] against opposite sides, or smooth round pieces with _____ fingers. if the background of design is too smooth,
[003] fill in the picture with lots and lots of children, _____ towels, squashed tubes of suntan oil and semi-inflated
[004] ch of the dirt and leaf stain is easily removed when _____ , but requires dynamite if allowed to dry. If you hav
[005] a neighborhood child. The wind from the Rhine was _____ and chill, necessitating a fire for warmth. After sc
[006] condition worsened with the increase of the cold and _____ weather. He had braved the elements and the enemy, b
[007] ived, in a building long unheated in winter, hot and _____ under the iron dome in summer. Those whom I wish
[008] f blue wool swimming trunks. He felt them. They were _____ . He reached out and felt the bath towel hanging on t
[009] e bath towel hanging on the towel rack over the tub. _____ also. He looked around the room and then called out:
[010] thoughts. He paced slowly, stooping, staring at the _____ , slippery floor. He tried to order the words of the
[011] ned up the cuffs of his trousers, which were already _____ and mud-caked. The viscous mud was ankle-deep, and i
[012] t against the wheels; there was not a match-width of _____ mark to show they were receding. He doubted if