For the Week ending 04/06/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail; an absurd or impossible creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy; a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication
According to Greek mythology, a _______ is a multi-species hybrid not a human-animal hybrid, for which centaur would be a better example. |
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use of clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; sophistry; moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
Much of the argument can be called a kind of _______, an application of certain moral systems or principles to discussing what we should think about abortion. |
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a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream
A subplot weaves in _______ elements such as a giant escaped tiger that is ravaging the Upper East Side. |
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create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
Fathers are fathers of the worst sort, such as _______ to keep their children in a perpetual state of infancy, that they may exercise perpetual and absolute dominion over them. |
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to plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise; invent or fabricate
The researchers need to "refine appropriate information with concrete instructions" so that even the smallest children will be able to "_______" sexual abuse and that members of their own families might be abusers. |