For the Week ending 11/06/09
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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excessively scanty : inadequate; meager
The extended cab pickup has an _______ rear seat that doesn't adequately accommodate large adults. |
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not apt or pertinent; unsuitable
The Court of Appeals ruled that reliance on the divorce laws was _______ because the parties were not married. |
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being only partly in existence or operation : incipient ; esp.: imperfectly formed or formulated : formless incoherent
The state's early National Guard was ______, scarcely organized and almost entirely without military equipment. |
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frivolous bantering talk : light raillery
His delight in _______ and keen wit have served to conceal the sincerity of his convictions. |
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of little or no consequence : trifling inconsequential; worthless
The hypothesis under consideration became simply _______, failing to touch the difficulty which it professed to remove. |