For the Week ending 01/04/13
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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stomach pain or queasiness; intense anxiety or nervousness
Here's Iran, causing _______ wherever summits convene; here's Iraq, a profoundly unsettled state; and Nato's Afghanistan, a disaster without end. |
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lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
Carville told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday that the administration's response to the spill has been "_______" and that Obama was "naive" to trust BP to manage the massive cleanup effort. |
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a variety of the muscadine grape native to the basin of the Scuppernong River in North Carolina
Dinner dishes include lacquered foie gras with _______, a muscadine grape, and venison loin with chanterelle mushrooms. |
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a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing; a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece
"The Hierarchy of Dionysius," he says, "reads more like a _______" bombastic in language and filled with "garrulous obscurity or obscure garrulity."" |
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cheerful and lighthearted
Glad" is from the Greek word for laughter, and the word "_______" comes from a Latin term signifying "pleasant." |