For the Week ending 8/24/12
Misery and Unpleasantries
prepared by
ANDREW JAMIESON, M.D.
Vancouver, WA
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a whip used to inflict punishment; source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war
The identity theft _______ is only going to get worse as perpetrators -- in pursuit of easy money -- get younger and pop up in developing countries. |
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to lay waste; destroy; overwhelm; confound; stun
Failure by rich donor countries to provide fresh resources for a fund to help poor countries would "_______" the fight against global poverty, the president of the World Bank has warned. |
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to bring heavy destruction on; the act or practice of pillaging, destroying, or devastating
Genocide was the most sobering reality of all," the department said, noting that mass killings continued to "_______" Darfur nearly 60 years after the world vowed "Never again!" following the Holocaust. |
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to whip or flog; to punish or impel as if by whipping
Conservatives gleefully seized upon this to once again _______ academia for its liberal bias. |
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a source of harm or ruin; an opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome; one that inflicts retribution or vengeance
In that moment, facing the impending explosion, Bond must decide whether slaying his _______ is worth the cost of other innocent lives. |