For the Week ending 10/05/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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of immeasurable value or worth; invaluable; impossible to estimate or compute
I return to our national creed, what Lincoln called the _______ jewel of American history, and offer my respect for every human being's rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness as much as they cherish their own. |
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inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder; arousing fear, dread, or alarm; difficult to defeat or overcome
This is an area surrounded by cacti, standing mature on the rims of cliffs, bleak yet luxuriant in _______ clusters. |
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
They became "_______" - natural-born jungle - and night-fighters, as well as "utterly ruthless, utterly cruel and utterly blind to any of the values which make up our civilization. |
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an expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances; a pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration
Ere the nation's ruler is scarce cold in death, his successor steps quietly into his vacant place, without a movement or a _______ from the great nation. |
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to appeal to in supplication; beseech; to beg for urgently; entreat
It requested the President to appoint a day for prayer and to ask the people to convene at their usual places of worship that they may confess and repent of their sins, and _______ the compassion and forgiveness of the Almighty. |