MULTI_CONC
Quiz
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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 )
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
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2. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] treasured. It was spoiled now for seed, and it would _____ and mold in three days if they failed to find a plac
[002] tomato paste- the ripe smell that was both sweet and _____ - rising up from aluminum trays wrapped in fly-dotted
[003] o de Mille Rossilini's endlessly provocative film, A _____ Sponge. Bravado has been alternately described as "a
[004] a "gloomy little town" with "everything submerged in _____ darkness." Long considered Ireland's most entrenche
[005] ed with smoky chicken and Gruyere and festooned with _____ cream and black olives - plenty for two to share. Or
[006] Kong's relations with China have grown increasingly _____ in the wake of Peking's crack- down on the student-l
[007] nd see! _CANNED COCKTAIL FRANKFURTERS_ _SWEET- _____ SAUCE_ 1 large onion, chopped fine 2 tablespoons
[008] place in separate bowl. Make sauces ahead. Sweet- _____ sauce can be kept warm over a second hibachi or chaf
[009] s best when served at room temperature. For sweet- _____ sauce, cook onion in oil until soft. Add remaining i
[010] treasured. It was spoiled now for seed, and it would _____ and mold in three days if they failed to find a plac
[011] tomato paste- the ripe smell that was both sweet and _____ - rising up from aluminum trays wrapped in fly-dotted
[012] o de Mille Rossilini's endlessly provocative film, A _____ Sponge. Bravado has been alternately described as "a
3. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] ot an entirely happy book, as Mrs. Fink soon becomes _____ of Alicia and, in retaliation, refuses to continue t
[002] still on the trees?' they ask. They're probably just _____ ; their bow season doesn't open till Oct. 4. For many
[003] rties of the set. Johnson remains nearly ideal as the _____ , mercurial prima donna. Her powerful and eloquent sin
[004] ere are other hurdles: how to reach agreement with a _____ central bureaucracy over control of "union" factories
[005] existed between the two, but he was not in the least _____ . Neb was Neb: he was what he would be always, courag
[006] replied the engineer, smiling. "But you must not be _____ ." "And I hope he will make an excellent servant," ad
[007] ile accident. Anthony Steel, as the husband, is a _____ type who argues against her course and sues for divo
[008] a raucous laugh and a flat refusal. Still more _____ bitterness was engendered by the O'Banion gang's sei
[009] llow each other absolute freedom. We are above being _____ . He's used to me bringing home strange men. I'll jus
[010] ot an entirely happy book, as Mrs. Fink soon becomes _____ of Alicia and, in retaliation, refuses to continue t
4. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] nee. "If I catch you one more time down here without _____ "- She twitched her leg away. "Fuss, fuss, old man
[002] thinner in the distance, as thin as the seams on her _____ , and still thinner. His voice had not commanded her
[003] ng-sleeved dresses and covered their legs with cloth _____ . I turned and watched him stride down the center of
[004] kitchen floor, then hang up her dresses, pick up her _____ , make the bed while she lay around? He straightened
[005] can now be created, much like nylon replacing silk in _____ , from atmospheric materials at a much lower cost tha
[006] ng wool, but evidently of a vegetable origin; 3 dozen _____ of the same material. Utensils:-1 iron pot, 6 copper
[007] one this before", they always said, putting on their _____ . On ships at sea, on railroad trains, in summer hote
[008] nee. "If I catch you one more time down here without _____ "- She twitched her leg away. "Fuss, fuss, old man
[009] thinner in the distance, as thin as the seams on her _____ , and still thinner. His voice had not commanded her
[010] ng-sleeved dresses and covered their legs with cloth _____ . I turned and watched him stride down the center of
[011] kitchen floor, then hang up her dresses, pick up her _____ , make the bed while she lay around? He straightened
5. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] fternoon sped toward evening, the suite saw a steady _____ of Paxton aides pass in and out, each with his own
[002] triumph, and to his predictions of greatness for the _____ of foals to come, Jenny could look forward to years
[003] o spill out of doors, into full public view, like the _____ scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7, in Flushing
[004] ong; as Act Two ground into heavily didactic gear the _____ of events seemed interminable. I joined Endesha Holla
[005] in the form of an impassioned prose poem. Slowly the _____ of warriors and statesmen passes through the snow be
[006] h a generous order, and almost at once "the familiar _____ of people began milling through our living room at a
[007] s. Again, as Boris feels himself nearing death, a _____ files into the hall singing a hymn, its modal harmon
[008] fternoon sped toward evening, the suite saw a steady _____ of Paxton aides pass in and out, each with his own
[009] triumph, and to his predictions of greatness for the _____ of foals to come, Jenny could look forward to years
6. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] It was awkward: very awkward. There would be all the _____ of contacting someone else to take over. Someone rea
[002] such a valuable salesman, Prettyman said- All the _____ and danger of getting in touch with practically a wh
[003] ada and the United States, mosquitoes are an accepted _____ . As one who has had malaria in Cuba and dengue fever
[004] in attack, although Alexander, at 6ft 4in, was of a _____ value against a defence deprived by injury of Brian
[005] ds also grew around Wright's, and deer were rather a _____ ; they leaped six-foot fences with the agility of pan
[006] ve-setting lotions. Once regarded as an agricultural _____ , psyllium was sold in the 1930's as a mechanical lax
[007] ntors and their allies used their patents solely for _____ value. "My personal view is that not one patented in
[008] It was awkward: very awkward. There would be all the _____ of contacting someone else to take over. Someone rea
[009] such a valuable salesman, Prettyman said- All the _____ and danger of getting in touch with practically a wh
7. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] hich had presumably prepared him for his career as _____ sales manager for Peerless Business Machines. T
[002] y announced, "are not philosophers. We are Assistant _____ Attorneys. This gentleman is a police officer. He is
[003] g dust up once more. Men from the Third Detective _____ , Eighteenth Precinct, had the longest, the most tedi
[004] scaped brick and glass on the fringe of the business _____ . He occupied a two-bedroom apartment on the fourt
[005] another glass of champagne. The safe at Ingleside _____ Station stands next to the gum machine in a narrow p
[006] o consolation when it had rank. "I was out in the _____ , sir". "Oh, yes. So I have heard". He stretched a
[007] aptain O. T. Killpath of a homicide occurring in the _____ five frequented extralegal establishments known as a
[008] n all night when somebody got away with murder in my _____ . It's too bad I didn't call you, and it's too bad I
[009] Sergeant, that we must all carry our own umbrella. A _____ station can't run smoothly, unless"- He interrupted
[010] h the corner, a block from Columbus Avenue. It was a _____ of small factories and loft buildings and occasional
[011] more was thought of the matter. Then it was that _____ Attorney Welch entered the case. A man of vaulting a
[012] ir of feet which, as Fate would have it, belonged to _____ Attorney Welch. As Viola sat there, a playful i
8. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] n diaspora. Six months after the state GOP vowed to _____ relations with Latino voters, the party's rehabilita
[002] om beat across the wilderness. America, America, God _____ thy every flaw, confirm thy soul in self control, th
[003] d the edges from blowing in the wind, and Mama would _____ it. She would often go up on the roof to see the att
9. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] one just beyond it. On a thrusting spray thick with _____ and dewdrops and swelling pink buds, like a summer V
[002] Rosa doesn't mean I like roses. I actually like the _____ , and some of the art you'll see here is thorny, so I
[003] rees bent level with the current; there, creepers and _____ which they had to break down with their sticks. Herbe
[004] f the length of fifteen or twenty feet. Thick, strong _____ , the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwa
[005] In order to fix the angle obtained, he fastened with _____ the two pieces of wood on a third placed transversely,
[006] s beak, and an extendible tongue, covered with little _____ which served to hold the insects. "And when it is in
[007] one just beyond it. On a thrusting spray thick with _____ and dewdrops and swelling pink buds, like a summer V
10. WORDS
association
district
jealous
mend
nuisance
procession
sour
stockings
thorns
tidy
[001] : 'The old lady who owned the house before me was so _____ , everything was in perfect condition when I moved i
[002] ur home). The zoning process kept everything neat and _____ , just like your front lawn was supposed to be. Get re
[003] und music, and not just because, in Keith Turnbull's _____ production, the players are neatly packed away behind
[004] itterly before the black horde; the landlords make a _____ profit by raising the rent, chopping up the rooms, a