For the Week ending 04/20/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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unclear, vague, or ill-defined; in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy; amorphous
Rather than continue talking about this stuff in _______ terms, I think I'll switch gears here, and point a finger at myself. |
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impossible to understand or interpret; unfathomable; obscure
She was watching me, her expression _______, somehow aloof and intimate all at once. |
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soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing; ephemeral; transitory
Ridicule and derision are a kind of _______ ostracism, a temporary exclusion from the comradeship. |
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an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere that surrounds or emanates from something; a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor
It was the first time a city had grown so big, and while it had a rudimentary idea of a public health system, this system was based on the "_______" theory of disease: that illness was the result of smelling bad smells. |
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smooth and slippery; offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire
Steam rose slowly from cooling streets mingling with viscous fog, enshrouding _______ night. |