For the Week ending 08/05/11
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing; atmosphere
The _______ is that of an old-fashioned, down-home waterfront festival where everything is fun, almost everything is free and nothing much is fancy. (Seattle) |
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using both hands with equal ease; (literally- using either hand as if it were your right hand)
A good surgeon is often _______, able to use either hand with equal facility and skill. |
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capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways; doubtful or uncertain esp. from obscurity or indistinctness
This is standard school business: ask an easy question, and then make it harder by putting it in _______ language, so that the point of school becomes figuring out what the teachers really want. |
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desire to achieve a particular end; a desire for activity or exertion
But girls are taught early on that _______ is a dirty word, whereas boys are actively encouraged to compete. |
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having a simultaneous and contradictory attitude or feeling (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
" Kurds seem kind of _______ about leaving Iraq or staying officially with Iraq to help keep the Turks away." |