For the Week ending 11/07/08
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
under the protection of; auspices, sponsorship
Many hospitals are run under the _______ of religious groups. |
seal of official approval, quality conferring prestige
Shopping at Sam's has less cultural _______ compared to Nordstrom's. |
license to print; approval of publication under circumstances of censorship; sanction.
The paperback version bore the _______ of the Royal Shakespeare Company |
explicit or official approval, permission; approbation; coercive intervention as a means of enforcing the law
The US vetoed the proposal to lift the _______ in the UN Security Council. |
an act of approving formally or officially; commendation, praise
Their opposition to abortion was based on ethical principles that have received universal _______, not on religious teaching. |