For the Week ending 04/29/11
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a projection or outgrowth; a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark
Think about it: 90% of Twitter isn't interesting; it's mostly just the one-liner pablum of human _______. |
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demanding from; requiring immediate attention or action; critical
If a policeman hears screams from a house and doesn't have time get a warrant, it's called _______ circumstances and it can justify action. |
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to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous; to expunge objectionable parts before publication or presentation
Some have tried to _______ the Bible, to remove all references to sex. |
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to destroy completely; to wipe out; to cut out by surgery
Heretics were often tortured to _______ beliefs that were contrary to the church. |
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to remove from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle
Obama's gamble that America can join in the initial phase of a war and then _______ itself quickly is false wager. |