For the Week ending 02/10/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a minor weakness or failing of character; imperfection
The entertainer was a well-bred man, of some learning, generosity, and taste; but his _______ was the desire of being thought the inimitable pattern of all three. |
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a structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group; a physiological or temperamental peculiarity
I know that instead of using the obnoxious word "_______," I should have said that Mr. So-and-so had "a list to port in his ideas. |
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lacking in harmony; incompatible; inconsistent; not fitting in
On occasion, material, geographical, and emotional distance resulted in _______ appropriations that were the result of images and meanings randomly and bizarrely associated with each other. |
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excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient; fawning; exhibiting servile compliance
The waiters were white-jacketed middle-aged black men who were not _______ but belonged culturally to another generation that knew how to be selectively deaf and to pretend that the clientele were held in high regard. |
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a servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; a mean flatterer
But they're funny, calling anyone a "_______", when they'll need a crowbar to dislodge their lips from Obama's rear. |