For the Week ending 12/19/08
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
| malicious pleasure obtained from someone else's misfortune _______ is the preeminent pastime of investigative journalists who delight in taking down those in high office. |
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the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
The World War II scientific _______ set the stage for nuclear weapons development. |
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a red-purple blush often seen on mountain tops just before sunrise or after sunset
Magenta clouds complimented the misty rose _______ of the snowy peaks. |
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a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity; anguish; depression
Every generation believes they're uniquely exceptional in their existential _______. |
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the ghost or wraith of a living person; a double; alter ego; a person who has the same name as another
He claimed his evil twin, a mysterious _______, had abducted the child. |