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phenomenon

Because culture is shared, it is considered to be a social ___.

prediction

Ben Bayol once said that most plans are just inaccurate ___(s).

interpretation

Children's ___ of media content is molded by the opinions of parents, teachers, and friends.

recovery

Doctors believe my mother's quick ___ from her illness was partly due to her desire to see her grandchildren again.

mature

Dogs and cats ___ in their first year of life.

awareness

Emily Post once said that good manners are a sensitive ___ of the feelings of others.

inducement

Employees are being offered various ___(s) to quit smoking.

version

Everyone who witnessed the accident gave a slightly different ___ of the events that occurred.

dramatically

Family size in this country has declined ___ since the mid-nineteenth century.

principally

Harvey is overweight ___ because he doesn't ever do any exercise.

minimal

His contact with his family has been ___ since he moved away from home.

terminate

His contract ___(s) at the season's end.

predictable

His failure was ___, given his poor study habits.

consultancy

His financial ___ business is doing very well. He has a growing number of prestigious clients, and is getting quite a good reputation.

secure

His job doesn't pay very well, but it is very ___, so he doesn't really want to give it up.

output

If the sun's energy ___ were decreased by 10%, the entire earth would be covered in ice over a kilometer thick.

automate

If we ___ even a part of the assembly process, we will save thousands of dollars, in addition to increasing production.

specification

If you look at the ___(s) for this new sound system, you will see that they are quite impressive.

imply

In the culture of Bhutan, it is considered rude to open gifts in front of others because it ___(ies) the recipient wants more.

coherent

James is a very ___ and convincing speaker.

medical

Jung-Hoon failed his ___ examination, so he didn't have to do military service.

adequacy

Local parents are concerned over the ___ of the school's program for children with special needs.

extraction

The ___ of my son's wisdom teeth took about half an hour.

assemble

The children ___(d) on the school playground to hear the results of the final races.

occur

The meteor shower usually ___(s) in the middle of August every year.

civilization

The world's first ___(s) appeared around 5,000 B.C. near rivers.

integral

Use of drugs is an ___ part of practically every society on Earth.

Can I be of any _____?

assistance

We _____ identification labels to our suitcases.

attached

Mr. Leach is not _____ for comment.

available

The rumors were without _____.

foundation

I am a __________ of truth.

seeker

The amount of food was _________ for 12 people.

sufficient

The allegations against the mayor were totally _____.

unfounded

migration

...the ___ of animals in the Serengeti.

irrelevance

...the ___ of the debate.

colleague

A number of her ___(s) became worried after she failed to show up for work for three days in a row.

compile

A report ___(d) by a consumer group has shown that prices for computers have been decreasing steadily over the last ten years.

reconstruct

A team of doctors worked for over 10 hours to ___ the face of a young boy who was badly injured in a car accident.

commodity

A woman's body has become a ___ which generates millions of dollars of profits for the American pornography business.

justify

According to Dr. Martin Luther King, nothing can ___ the use of violence.

release

After his ___ from prison, Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa.

coincide

Airline seat sales rarely ___ with peak travel times.

empirical

Albert Einstein said that the grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of ___ facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

label

All products sold in Canada are ___(ed) in both English and French.

commencement

All students must take a placement test at the ___ of the program.

erode

Because there is no wind or water on the moon, the footprints left by the Apollo astronauts will not ___, and should last at least 10 million years.

coincidental

Believe me, I'm not following you; it is just ___ that we are both here at the same time.

financially

Children in this country are often ___ independent from their parents by the age of 19 or 20.

virtual

Children working in some parts of the developing world are ___ slaves who can never earn enough money to buy their freedom.

capable

Do you think that a two-year-old child is ___ of knowing the difference between telling the truth and lying?

author

Dr. Spock ___(ed) a number of popular books on child raising in the 50s and 60s.

medication

During his chemotherapy treatments, he took a new ___ made from marijuana in order to control his nausea.

extract

During the Ch'ing dynasty, the local nobility and elite of China supported themselves by ___(ing) taxes and rents from the common people.

interval

During the ___, refreshments and snacks will be served in the lobby.

discrete

Each of my old school friends occupies an important and discrete place in my memory.

immigration

Economists have shown that ___ brings significant economic benefits to our country.

consultant

Ed Finkelstein once suggested that a ___ is someone who takes your watch away to tell you what time it is.

visual

Elephants have a wide and varied language of ___ signs and vocalizations.

ignorance

Elie Wiesel once suggested that the opposite of love is not hate; the opposite of love is ___.

conceptions

Every society has its general ___(s) of the desirable goals that people are expected to strive to attain.

sphere

Everyone working in the ___ of education will be affected by the government's budget cuts.

ratio

Experts say that the greater skin to volume ___ of smaller grapes make for the strong flavors of Cabernets, Merlots, Chambourcins and other red wines.

unsustainable

Explosive population growth and ___ use of natural resources in China are causing habitat for wildlife to vanish.

complement

Ginger really ___(s) the flavor of the vegetables in a stir fry.

unattainable

Global peace is at best an ___ dream as long as a significant part of the world's population lives in poverty.

practice

Golfer Ben Hogan once stated that every day you miss playing or ___(ing) is one day longer it takes to be good.

expand

He has been able to ___ his business through advertising on the Internet.

forthcoming

He has been quite busy preparing his affairs for the ___ conference.

reinvest

I made a bundle on the stock market and ___(ed) half the profits in more stocks.

discrete

Jean Piaget is famous for identifying and describing the discrete steps in the development of intelligence in infants.

resolve

Jihangir has shown a great deal of ___ in his determination to stop smoking.

route

John Rassias once said that language study is a ___ to maturity.

protocol

Marc-André works in ___, and has to handle all the details when various dignitaries visit with the governor.

mutuality

Martin Luther King once observed that all men are caught in an inescapable network of ___.

thereby

Martin Luther King once said that to accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system; ___ the oppressed become the oppressor.

rationalizations

Max Lerner once said that the so-called lessons of history are, for the most part, the ___ of the victors because history is written by the survivors.

tense

Most students feel ___ before the speaking test.

ministry

Mr. Wong works in the finance ___ as a senior accountant.

prime

Muriel Spark once advised, "Be on the alert to recognize your ___ at whatever time of your life it may occur."

accommodating

My boss has been very ___ of my need to spend some time with my new baby.

forthcoming

My boss told me that additional funds for the project would be ___ within a few days.

file

My computer crashed, and I lost a bunch of important ___(s).

export

My country's main ___ products are coffee and bananas.

expert

My cousin is an ___ tennis player who has won tournaments all over Australia.

convert

Only plants can ___ solar energy into chemical energy stored in food.

integrity

Oprah Winfrey once said that real ___ is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

expertise

Our company has built up a great deal of ___ in creating successful web-sites.

computing

Our language lab includes all the latest ___ technology.

uniform

Police ___(s) in New York City were first authorized in 1693.

investigate

Police are ___(ing) the disappearance of a local businessman.

restrain

Police had to ___ the victim's family members when the suspect was brought into court.

abandon

Police have found the body of an elderly man in an old ___(ed) car on a small dirt road in the countryside.

region

Quebec is the world's principal maple syrup producing ___.

comprise

Scientists estimate that hydrogen ___(s) around 90 to 99 percent of all matter in the universe.

survivors

Searchers are still looking for ___ of the passenger jet that crashed into the Pacific Ocean near here.

maturation

Sexual ___ for these animals occurs at about two years of age.

precision

She carved the turkey with the ___ of a surgeon.

constraint

She had to shut down her website due to time and budget ___(s).

survival

She had to take a short course in ___ techniques before going on the 2-week hike.

inadequacy

She has long suffered from feelings of ___.

tensely

She was sitting ___ in the dentist's waiting room, with a worried expression on her face.

interpreter

She works as an English-Spanish ___ for the Mexican Government.

successive

Since the time of William the Conquerer, every ___ British monarch save two has been crowned at Westminster Abbey.

qualitative

Since this latest scandal, there has been a ___ change in the public's level of trust in the governor.

impose

Teachers shouldn't try to ___ their own religious or moral beliefs on their students.

quote

The Opposition leader ___(d) statistics which show that the number of people living in poverty in this country has increased over the last year.

site

The Plains of Abraham are the ___ of the most famous battle in Canada's history.

credits

The President ___(s) his bodyguard for saving his life, after the man jumped in front of a person who had pulled out a gun.

channel

The President has been accused of ___(ing) public funds into his private Swiss bank account.

unrestrained

The President's visit was greeted with ___ enthusiasm.

constituents

The Prime Minister must understand that if he raises taxes, he will lose the support of his many of his ___.

offset

The U.S. government has promised a large aid package to ___ the cost of repairing the damage caused by the war.

constitutional

The United Kingdom is a ___ monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

minimum

The United States has the highest ___ drinking age in the entire world.

unexploit

The country of North Korea is almost completely ___(ed) by commercial tourism.

incoherently

The drunk man was speaking ___.

detection

The early ___ of cancer is important in fighting the disease.

levy

The governor announced an additional ___ on gasoline to pay for road maintenance.

appendices

The grammar book includes ___ with lists of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs, and spelling rules.

ideologically

The grass roots of the party appear to be ___ opposed to the centrist approach of the leader.

passive

The little girl became ___ and withdrawn after being abused by her uncle.

dramatization

The local television station broadcast a ___ of the crime in an attempt to find witnesses.

restore

The military has been called in to ___ order in the area where the rioting took place.

guideline

The mortgage figure you were quoted is only a ___, and a lower rate can probably be negotiated, depending on your credit rating.

random

The most disturbing part of the crime was the ___(ness) of the attacks. The man was shooting at total strangers, with no apparent motive.

constitute

The native American population ___(s) a small but important part of our country.

unify

The new leader of the party has said that his first task will be to ___ the different groups within the party.

irrationally

The patient was behaving ___ when brought in, and was found to have taken an overdose of some kind of drug.

route

The police ___(ed) traffic around the scene of the accident.

pose

The police arrested a man ___(ing) as a security guard as he tried to enter the bank.

aid

The woman was arrested for ___(ing) her husband in his escape from prison.

inhibit

The young woman was so shy that it ___(ed) her ability to make friends.

displace

Tourism has ___(ed) fishing as this state's principal source of revenue.

protocol

What exactly is the proper ___ for making a complaint against a professor at this university?

outcome

What is the projected ___ of the experiment?

route

What is the shortest ___ to the airport from here?

outcome

What was the ___ of your discussions with your boss?

ignorantly

When I heard Martha talking about her illness, I ___ made a little joke to try to cheer her up, but instead it just made her cry.

compound

When mixed, the chemicals form a highly volatile ___.

refine

When sugar is ___(ed), it changes from brown to white.

assure

With yesterday's win against Mexico, Peru is ___(d) a place in the final round of the Gold Cup.

assembly

Workers in the country's automobile ___ plants have gone on strike for higher pay.

supplemental

You can get ___ insurance coverage for an additional $5 a month.

unlicensed

You can't buy alcohol in this restaurant; it's ___.

Reactive

___ policies such as banning panhandling are not a solution to homelessness.

legislation

___ protects all lab animals from cruelty or mistreatment.

World War II _____ American life in many ways.

altered

We are __________ the end of the year

approaching

Is it _____ that they pay for it?

appropriate

Behave _____ and ask intelligent questions.

appropriately

They've spent ____________ $150 million.

approximately

The test _________ the students' daily math program.

approximates

Climate and weather affect every _____ of our lives.

aspect

The students were graded on four written __________.

assignments

The family decided to _____ me with my work.

assist

You are making an _____ that I agree with you.

assumption

Mother and child form a close _____.

attachment

Some cleaners come with an _____ for brushing.

attachment

When you send an e-mail you can also send a file as an _____.

attachment

We needed to change our _____.

attitude

They acted without ________.

authority

We didn't have ________ to go.

authorization

Breakfast is _____ from 6 a.m.

available

In the construction process, strips of wood are _____ together and shaped by a machine.

bonded

The youngster was unable to grasp the _____ of the problem.

complexity

After going to jail for a second time, he promised to make a __________ effort to control his temper.

concentrated

Italy's industrial cities are __________ in the north.

concentrated

Neal kept talking, breaking my __________.

concentration

It is important for people to understand the _____ of human rights.

concept

The governor made a few ________ remarks, and left the room.

concluding

I've come to the conclusion that she's a great musician.

conclusion

In ________, walking is cheap, safe, and enjoyable.

conclusion

The beginning of the performance was not very exciting, but the ________ was magnificent!

conclusion

Many children who don't _____ are bullied.

conform

Children and adults both struggle with pressures of social _____.

conformity

A country's wealth can be measured by its production and _____ of goods and services.

consumption

I had very little _____ with teenagers.

contact

The company won a ________ for work on Chicago's tallest building.

contract

She _____ the situation then with the present crisis.

contrasted

Lower classes typically fight for a fairer _____ of wealth.

distribution

Many of the complaints contain an _____ of truth.

element

The exchange of prisoners was a key _____ of the U.N.'s peace plan.

element

The __________ of chemical weapons is the army's goal.

elimination

Richard was waiting outside the door as she _____.

emerged

The IT department handles all matters related to computers and electronic ________.

equipment

There was no volleyball club when Tracy entered her college, so she decided to __________ one herself.

establish

Medical tests ________ that she had a heart defect.

established

This is an ________ medical fact.

established

The _____ of the crash threw the truck off the roadway.

impact

Vegetarian burgers were an ________ which quickly spread across the world.

innovation

The company was praised for its ________ products.

innovative

He is an ________ in fashion.

innovator

Research on global warming has given scientists new _____ into what is happening to the Earth.

insight

This was an _____ of bad timing.

instance

When asked if he was feeling better, the boy gave a _____ reply.

negative

It is impossible to draw ________ between the UK and New Zealand, a country with a population of four million.

parallels

40 of the course _____ were offered employment.

participants

Changes in U.S. foreign _____ have pleased many foreign nations.

policy

He checked his car insurance _____ to see whether or not other people could drive his car.

policy

His difficulty with language was the _____ cause of his problems.

primary

Ninety-nine percent of _____ students now have experience with computers.

primary

Basing instruction on students' needs is a basic _____ of education.

principle

Modern computers can _____ data at amazingly fast speeds.

process

Jim is a professor of ________ at Haverford College.

psychology

This _____ our determination to deal with the problem.

reinforced

Once a war ends, the _____ of peace becomes a priority.

reinforcement

The shirt is a _____—all the buttons are missing.

reject

He was _____ by another university.

rejected

The president _____ the offer.

rejected

Local companies are __________ out business opportunities in Europe.

seeking

She was chosen to join a _____ group of citizens at the conference.

select

Military _____ say the boat was heading south.

sources

Nurses do not have the same __________ as doctors.

status

The committee consisted of women and men of considerable __________.

status

They were proud of their __________ as guards.

status

The typical family _____ was two parents and two children.

structure

We _____ the class in two parts.

structure

Boston has _____.

style

Museums _____ remove paintings to remember when particular artists died.

symbolically

...the writer's use of _____.

symbolism

For some people, the old flag _____ better times.

symbolizes

She is ___________ treatment for cancer.

undergoing

You have to understand the _____ causes of the problem.

underlying

inevitability

The ___ of death is a fact that we must all face at some point in our lives.

pursue

There is a Hasidic proverb which states that while we ___ happiness, we flee from contentment.

diminish

There is a Zanzibar proverb which states that wealth ___(es) with usage, whereas learning increases with use.

prohibition

There is a ___ against feeding birds at airports, due to the danger birds pose to planes.

draft

There is a growing movement to try to ___ the popular mayor to run for governor.

compatible

There is a lot more software available that is ___ with PCs than with Macs.

Now the process is __________ faster now that we have our new computer system.

considerably

My diet _____ of cookies and milk.

consisted

She scores goals with great _____.

consistency

He was a very _____ player.

consistent

This result is _____ with the theory.

consistent

He has _____ denied it.

consistently

We live in a world without _____.

constancy

In the world of fashion it sometimes seems that the only _____ is ceaseless change.

constant

The temperature remains more or less _____.

constant

Women are under _____ pressure to be thin.

constant

The direction of the wind is _____ changing.

constantly

The most efficient refrigerators _____ 70 percent less electricity.

consume

Martha _____ nearly a pound of cheese per day.

consumed

The right to be warned about potentially harmful effects of products is an example of _____ rights.

consumer

Young people usually like _____ music, not whatever their parents used to listen to.

contemporary

You can _______ with us to deliver your goods.

contract

Most people felt that there was a ________ between her private life and her public image.

contradiction

His brother, by _____, has plenty of money to spend.

contrast

The three sons also _____ to the family business.

contribute

The current _____ of teens is more comfortable typing than writing.

generation

Within a _____, flying has become a very common method of travel.

generation

The United Nations proposed a _____ ban on nuclear testing.

global

insubordinate

Any ___ behavior will be dealt with harshly.

consult

Be sure to ___ with your doctor immediately if your condition changes at all.

mediator

Beethoven once said that music is the ___ between the spiritual and the sensual life.

previous

Before seeing her at the party, I had met her on a couple of ___ occasions.

prohibit

Believe it or not, there is an old Ohio state law which ___(s) getting a fish drunk.

highlight

Birthday spectacles for Queen Elizabeth II were a ___ for travelers to England in 2002.

index

Books in the library are ___(ed) by author, title, subject, and key word.

successor

Boris Yeltsin prepared Vladimir Putin to be his ___ as the leader of Russia.

quotation

Boris always tries to impress the girls with ___(s) from Shakespeare's sonnets.

sustain

Both Britain and France ___(ed) enormous losses in human and material resources in the First World War.

sequence

A number of ___(s) from the film were edited for television.

medically

A nurse is not ___ qualified to prescribe drugs.

suspend

A police officer has been ___(ed) without pay, pending an investigation into charges of corruption.

unpublished

A researcher recently found an ___ manuscript by Ernest Hemingway.

comprise

A team ___(ing) the best young hockey players in the country is being put together for the world junior championships.

succeeded

After 10 years of trying, my sister has finally ___ in her attempts to quit smoking.

excess

After cooking the chicken, pour off any ___ liquid in the pan.

consultation

After numerous ___(s) with a palm reader, she decided to quit her job, leave her husband, cut off her hair, and become a yoga teacher.

refocus

After partying all weekend, it was difficult to ___ on my studies on Monday morning.

comprehensive

After travelling in southern India for years, he finally put his experiences and knowledge to good use by writing a ___ guide to life in the region.

proceed

After visiting Los Angeles, we ___(ed) to San Diego, where we stayed for over a week.

illogical

After women replaced men in the factories during the First World War, it became ___ to continue to deny them the right to vote.

mechanized

Agriculture in Great Britain is intensive, highly ___, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force.

albeit

Albertson finally got the job, ___ only because they couldn't find anyone else.

vehicular

All ___ traffic has been prohibited from the highway due to the risk of a major avalanche.

react

Claire always ___(s) strongly to suggestions that she may be wrong.

formula

Coca-Cola has a secret ___ for its beverage that is only known to a small group of people.

conduct

Computer banking now allows you to ___ all your banking transactions from your home.

monitor

In the future, we may have tiny computers inside us to ___, and even regulate functions such as heart rate or blood pressure.

hierarchical

In this ___ culture, you must use more formal language when speaking to anyone who has a higher status, whether it be due to age, social position, gender, or whatever.

substitute

In this recipe, you can use honey as a ___ for sugar.

channel

It really bugs me when you change the television ___ every few minutes.

philosophy

My ___ in life is to have fun, and enjoy myself without doing anything to hurt the people around me.

enable

Einstein said that a unified super-theory of everything would ___ us to "read the mind of God."

subordinate

Feminism seeks to change the traditionally ___ position of women.

deduction

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes used a process of logical ___ to solve crimes.

virtual

My daughter has a computer program with a ___ pet cat that she feeds and plays with.

commence

My holidays ___ at the beginning of May.

volume

My mom always watches the television at full ___ because she is somewhat hard of hearing.

detect

Grandma said she was feeling okay, but I think I could ___ a bit of depression in the way she was speaking.

exploit

Hugh Hefner's sexual ___(s) have been well-publicized in his magazine Playboy.

comprise

Human bones are ___(d) of 22% water.

disintegrate

Human hair and fingernails are the last part of the body to ___ after we die.

correspond

I ___ regularly with my counterpart in the head office in Providence.

reverse

I didn't realize the car was in ___, and I accidentally backed into the wall.

unmonitored

If left ___, the children may hurt themselves.

inevitably

If she continues to speed, she will ___ crash.

collapse

If that building ever ___(d) during an earthquake, hundreds of people will be killed.

minimize

If the experiments are set up properly, you can ___ the potential for bias in the results.

deduce

If you study new vocabulary as it appears in a sentence, you can often ___ what part of speech the word is, which is a first step towards helping you deduce the meaning.

equivalent

One glass of beer is ___ to a glass of wine, in terms of alcohol content.

abstractly

One's ability to reason logically and ___ is increased through the study of mathematics.

annual

Only 12% of French people take their ___ vacation abroad.

proceed

Only one third of Zambian children ___ from elementary to secondary education.

uniqueness

Sophie's artwork is noteworthy for its ___ and creativity. She really has a style all her own.

straightforward

Speak ___(ly) but be careful not to offend anyone.

proportion

The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521 caused a human and ecological disaster of epic ___(s).

arbitrary

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one shall be subjected to ___ interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation.

granted

The United States ___(ed) the Philippines complete independence in 1946.

conversion

The ___ of Eastern European factories into modern facilities since the fall of communism has been an expensive process.

minister

The ___ of Education has announced an increase to the education budget for next year.

reunification

The ___ of Hong Kong with China was celebrated all over the country today.

bulk

The ___ of India's thriving movie industry is based in Bombay.

concept

The ___ of an arranged marriage is not very well understood in the West.

notion

The ___ that all people are created equal is a political philosophy rather than a literal fact.

aggregate

The ___ total of 504 set a new record for the course.

explicit

The ___ violence in the film totally grossed me out.

margin

The ___(s) in this book of poetry are extremely wide.

constitution

The ___(s) of most countries provide support for freedom of speech.

random

Three people are dead, and a dozen injured after a gunman entered a local restaurant, and starting shooting people at ___.

scope

The book is somewhat limited in ___, but may be useful as a starting point for someone interested in the subject.

intervene

The boss was obliged to ___ in the dispute between the secretary and the receptionist because they weren't getting any work done.

alternate

The buses are on strike, so you'll need to find an ___ way of getting to work.

guideline

The chart on weight and height is only meant to be a ___ to determine if you may be overweight. Consult your doctor before deciding whether or not you need to be on a diet.

sustain

The cheetah can run at speeds of over 80 km/h, but can only ___ that speed for a very short time.

formula

The chemical ___ for water is H20.

regulations

The children's rude behavior was against the school's ___.

revise

The company had to ___ its original budget forecast due to a sudden rise in energy costs.

monitor

The computer program will ___ your progress, and give you a percentage mark when you have finished.

unification

The cost of ___ for the two Germanys was largely paid for by the west.

prohibitive

The cost of houses in this city has become ___ in the last few years.

definite

The doctor has noticed a ___ improvement in your father's health.

submissive

The dog is very ___, and will roll on its back when another dog threatens it.

inspect

The driver carefully ___(ed) his car before the race.

depress

The economy is quite ___(ed) right now due to high inflation.

ambiguous

The ending of the movie was totally ___. I guess we have to decide for ourselves what really happened.

exceedingly

The exam was ___ difficult, so most of the students failed.

suspenseful

The film "The Usual Suspects" is a ___ thriller from beginning to end.

formulaic

The film was very boring and ___. The was story similar to a dozen other action films I've seen.

fund

The government of British Columbia ___(s) a broad range of medical services.

incentive

The government used to give tax breaks to parents of three or more children as an ___ to having larger families.

compensate

The grizzly bear's amazing sense of smell helps ___ for its poor eyesight.

orient

The house is ___(ed) towards the south, so it gets lots of sun.

priority

The main ___ of this government is to get the economy back in good shape.

output

The manufacturing ___ of the tiny nation of Andorra consists mainly of cigarettes, cigars, and furniture.

infrastructure

The mineral resources of Mali remain largely unexploited due to limitations caused by the country's poor ___.

integrate

The mission of this company is to ___ natural, vegetarian foods into the North American diet.

confine

The movie was filmed entirely within the ___(s) of a local amusement park.

investigation

The murder case is still under ___.

context

The newspaper took his comments completely out of ___ and made him look really bad.

restore

The old house has been ___(ed) to its original condition.

interpret

The old woman couldn't speak English, so her grandchildren had to ___ for her.

explicitly

The party leader ___ stated that he would resign before the next election.

thematic

The photographs have been organized into ___ groups, such as animals, love, and transportation.

mechanical

The plane couldn't take off due to a ___ problem.

excessive

The police were accused of using ___ force when arresting the suspect.

citation

The policeman was given a ___ for bravery after saving a child from a burning car.

cease

The rain finally ___(d) falling just after midnight.

expansion

The rapid ___ of e-commerce has radically changed the world of retail sales.

proceeds

The school held a bake sale, and the ___ were used to help pay for a camping trip for the students.

expansive

The schoolyard includes an ___ play area, with different sections for children of different ages.

migratory

There are a number of ___ birds which come to Swan Lake every year to nest.

aid

There are a number of websites open now which are a wonderful ___ to ESL students hoping to continue working on their language skills at home.

insert

There are about 10 pages of ___(s) in this newspaper.

valid

There are few ___ reasons for not having your child immunized against disease.

appended

There are over 20 pages of grammar notes ___ to the dictionary.

correspond

There are three main patterns to family life in Guyana, and they ___ generally to class or ethnic groupings.

format

There are very few viruses that can actually ___ your hard drive.

physical

There is a lot of ___ attraction between them, but they don't really like each other.

supplement

There is a special financial ___ to the newspaper every Friday.

medicine

There is an African proverb which holds that there is no ___ to cure hatred.

orientation

There will be an ___ `meeting for new employees on Tuesday.

assembly

There will be an ___ in the gym for all students immediately after lunch.

excessively

Today's video games seem to me to be ___ violent.

investment

Today, the government of Mozambique is encouraging foreign ___ in order to build a solid economic base for growth.

attainment

Too many people spend their lives striving for the ___ of material wealth.

channel

We paddled the canoe through a narrow ___, and into the open bay.

briefly

We stopped driving ___ to have something to eat, and then set out again.

collapsible

We took some ___ chairs with us to use around the campfire when we went camping.

brevity

When giving a speech, ___ is always welcome. A long speech just bores people.

invest

When you ___ money on the stock market, you should be prepared to lose sometimes.

focus

When you are driving, your mind and senses should be ___(ed) only on driving.

imply

When you said you didn't believe me, were you ___(ing) that I was lying?

transport

You can eliminate ___ costs by picking it up at the store yourself.

supplementary

You don't need to take ___ vitamins if you eat properly.

consent

You have to get your parents' ___ in order to come on the field trip to the lake.

register

You must ___ in order to be eligible to vote in the coming federal election.

concurrent

___ with his pop music career, Paul McCartney has also written an opera and a book of poetry, and put on an exhibition of his paintings.

aid

___(ed) by his excellent teammates, he became the top scorer in the league.

Patients have ________ to their medical records.

access

The general public does not have ________ to the White House.

access

He saw her but refused to _____ her.

acknowledge

He _____ that he was wrong.

acknowledged

The army sent me a postcard _____ my request.

acknowledging

It's an _____ that there is a problem.

acknowledgment

I've never _____ a taste for coffee.

acquired

Recently, I _____ two new printers.

acquired

People were shocked by the President's recent _____ of a helicopter.

acquisition

Second language _____ is extremely difficult.

acquisition

The world will be different in the future, and we will have to _____ to the change.

adapt

Dogs and cats are easily _______ to new homes.

adaptable

The film _________ of Forrest Gump was much more popular than the book.

adaptation

The house is well _______ to extreme heat.

adapted

They ______ the library for use as an office.

adapted

We have been preparing our fighters to _____ themselves to civil society.

adjust

Liz _____ her mirror and then moved the car out of its parking space.

adjusted

The company _____ gas prices once a year.

adjusted

He managed a large workshop for car repairs and _____.

adjustments

Who will __________ these accounts and what will it cost?

administer

The Bush __________ handed over the White House to the Obama administration in January, 2009.

administration

The __________ wants to increase spending.

administration

We spend too much time on __________.

administration

The company went out of business because of excessive __________ costs.

administrative

Students and parents met with school __________.

administrators

Arthritis is a disease which _____ people all over the world.

affects

This problem _____ all of us.

affects

Tickets will be __________ to those who apply first.

allocated

The president promised the __________ of land for new homes.

allocation

The woman took her growing son to the tailor for clothing _____.

alterations

Upon initial considerations, the defendant seemed to be guilty, but a careful _______ of the situation proved that he was, in fact, innocent.

analysis

You need ________ skills.

analytical

It is difficult to break the strong _____ between church and nation.

bond

Belinda was having difficulty _____ with the baby.

bonding

Most of it will be financed by government _____.

bonds

They had to _____ the floor with concrete.

reinforce

We were insulted by his _____ of our values.

rejection

Many pictures are based on simple _____.

designs

He is unable to _________ between a good idea and a terrible one.

discriminate

They believe the law __________ against women.

discriminates

Some tourists still go to this museum, but more __________ visitors generally do not.

discriminating

Gordon didn't often ________ his feelings.

display

The inside of the shop still _____ a nineteenth-century atmosphere.

retains

One butcher shop saw a 50 percent drop in _____.

revenue

The food was stored in _____ plastic containers.

rigid

The school has _____ rules about student behavior.

rigid

The strength and _____ of glass make it a useful material.

rigidity

The law was _____ enforced.

rigidly

The U.S. should not __________ to be the world's policeman.

seek

Yoga is designed to enhance the body's __________ and strength.

flexibility

Her hairbrush had long, __________ bristles.

flexible

He is the _____ director of The Conservation Foundation.

founding

objective

Our first ___ has to be to make our product known to the public.

computerized

Our listening lab is now completely ___; all the written and audio materials are available online.

minimally

Our profits have increased only ___ this year, due to an increase in production costs attributable to the rise in fuel prices.

Are you more interested in _________ discussions or practical ones?

theoretical

conceive

Politician Jesse Jackson once said, "If my mind can ___ it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it."

radical

Primitive creatures living on our planet have been able to adapt and live in ___ habitats including glaciers, ocean hot springs, and volcanic craters.

component

Problem solving is a major ___ of many science courses.

recover

Professional athletes have to be able to ___ quickly from a workout or their rate of improvement will diminish.

diminish

Professional athletes have to be able to recover quickly from a workout or their rate of improvement will ___.

abandonment

Rain forced the ___ of the game.

incline

Ray Inman once said that happiness, like an old friend, is ___(d) to drop in unexpectedly when you're working hard on something else.

regional

Scientists did not have enough data to present a clear picture of the ___ characteristics of the ocean floor until about fifty years ago.

enormous

He sent his girlfriend an ___ bunch of flowers on her birthday.

expand

He studied a number of different languages in order to ___ his knowledge of linguistics.

comprehensible

His speaking is barely ___ because he talks so quietly.

intrinsically

I believe that people are ___ good, but may become bad due to a difficult childhood.

_____ the girls are not at all amused.

apparently

Two men stood on the __________ to the bridge.

approach

beneficial

In 1969, a leading American surgeon claimed that for the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a ___ effect.

option

In 1985, General Motors announced that, as an ___, it was installing electronic road maps on some of its high-priced cars.

aid

It has been shown in repeated studies that vitamin C ___(s) in the prevention of colds and infections.

inconceivable

It is ___ to me why in a country as rich as ours, some children don't have enough to eat.

generate

It is hoped that the new program will help ___ jobs for young people.

objective

It is important for a reporter to be totally ___ when relating the news.

volume

It took three years of constant printing to complete Johann Gutenberg's famous Bible, which appeared in 1455 in two ___(s), and had 1,284 pages.

assemble

It took us over three hours to ___ the swing set we bought for our children.

qualitative

My son and daughter are both required to write 2-page essays at school, but there is a ___ difference in what they are expected to produce because my daughter is in grade 12, whereas my son is in grade 10.

layer

My wife made a delicious apple crisp, ___(ing) pieces of apples with an oatmeal and honey mixture.

coincide

My wife's and my views ___ on most issues, except when it comes to politics.

justify

No crime ___(ies) this kind of torture of a prisoner.

He __________ malaria in Africa.

contracted

He used an electronic _____ to measure the rooms.

device

A child may not ________ between his imagination and the real world.

differentiate

The newly elected leader has unusual policies that ________ him from previous leaders.

differentiate

In Islamic law, there is a strict ________ between men and women.

differentiation

There is a political _____ to the accusations.

dimension

We do not yet know the exact _____ of the new oilfield.

dimensions

uninhibited

Norman Podhoretz once suggested that creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the ___ energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.

minimum

Norton manages to pass all his courses with a ___ of effort.

framework

Now that the ___ for the building is up, the carpenters can begin putting up the walls.

redraft

Now that we have more information, I think we should ___ our original plan.

substitute

Nutrasweet and Aspartame are common ___(s) for sugar in a lot of candy.

unbiased

Obviously, a government-censored newspaper is not a good source of ___ data.

These laws are _________ and must be abolished.

discriminatory

federal

On average in the United States, 150,000 new laws and about 2 million new regulations from various local, state, and ___ governments are put into place every year.

whereas

One difference between frogs and toads is that frogs move about by jumping, ___ toads can actually walk.

spherical

Our sun is a ___ ball of hot gas.

predominance

Our teaching staff has a ___ of people with a background in linguistics.

sustainable

Our ultimate goal should be to create a ___ world where nothing is wasted.

accommodate

Our van can ___ up to seven passengers, plus the driver.

utilitarian

Over 4,000 years ago, the Harappan people produced finely crafted ___ objects in bronze and copper.

The situation needs _____ and new thinking.

dynamism

I was __________ from the 400 meters in the semi-finals.

eliminated

The _____ is on the first syllable of the word.

emphasis

Too much _____ is placed on research.

emphasis

Biologists study the _____ of plants and animals.

evolution

Dinosaurs are believed to have _____ into birds.

evolved

_____ to the sun can damage your skin.

exposure

We have fully _____ smoke alarms on all staircases.

functional

This will make computer games more _____ than ever.

interactive

He suffered ________ bleeding.

internal

She raised the _____ of money with her boss.

issue

The point at _____ is who controls the company.

issue

He was _____ with a new passport.

issued

The government _____ a warning of possible terrorist attacks.

issued

Employers want cheap _____.

labor

She was unable to control and _____ events.

manipulate

Crying can be a form of emotional _____.

manipulation

A lot of people in the _____ have written bad things about him.

media

Allen did a quick _____ calculation.

mental

The _____ development of children is affected by the nutritional value of their food.

mental

scenario

Scientists are studying various abrupt climate change ___(s) to assess their impact on our planet.

release

Scientists believe that at various times in the distant past huge volumes of water were ___(ed) on Mars resulting in catastrophic flooding.

simulate

Scientists developed a model to ___ the globe's climate.

coincidence

Sharon said it was just a ___ that she was at the bar every time I went there, but I think she has a drinking problem.

cite

She ___(d) her favorite poet as the inspiration behind her decision to become a writer.

preliminary

She did a number of ___ sketches before beginning the final painting.

adequate

She wasn't ___(ly) prepared for the test, and got a terrible mark as a result.

chemistry

Some, though not all psychological disorders are accompanied by signs of abnormal brain ___.

paradigm

Song-sharing software has created a new ___ wherein artists and music companies need to find a way to get paid for music which is downloaded from the Internet.

subsequently

Srully D. Blotnick once observed that what looks like a loss may be the very event which is ___ responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life.

shift

Steve works 12-hour ___(s) in his job as an airport fireman.

criteria

Students in our program will be graded according to the ___ described in the course outline.

justification

Students' ___(s) for handing assignments in late range from the bizarre to the hilarious.

site

The World Trade Center was the ___ of the most terrible terrorist attack to ever take place on American soil.

equated

The World Trade Center will be forever ___(ed) with the terrible images of 9/11.

commentary

The ___ by the sportscaster was quite negative towards the visiting team.

margin

The ___ of error in the latest public opinion poll is said to be plus or minus 3 percent.

beneficiaries

The ___ of his will include children from both of his marriages.

uniform

The chocolates are selected carefully to be of ___ size and shape.

consensus

The class decided by ___ what the consequences would be for lateness and absenteeism.

file

The dentist is going to ___ her tooth down because it is too sharp.

adequate

The money we have put aside should be ___ for your first year of university.

enforcement

The new government has promised to increase the budget for law ___ in the state.

predict

The police ___ the hostages will be released in the next few hours.

clarify

You really should ___ your position on this question because everyone seems to have a different interpretation of what you said.

transportation

All forms of public ___ are on strike today, so you'd better get out your bicycles.

Strasbourg has a _____ of old streets.

network

Isabel said in a _____ voice, "You're very late, darling."

neutral

Let's meet on _____ territory.

neutral

Families of six or seven are the _____ in Borough Park.

norm

She gave birth to a _____, healthy baby.

normal

The situation has returned to _____.

normal

Young writers need to quickly learn the professional _____ of journalism.

norms

The boy has great ________.

potential

He _____ a ticket.

purchased

The broker will get 5% if he finds a _____.

purchaser

...snowy mountain _____.

ranges

I love the TV ________ "Star Trek."

series

It was a time of political _____.

stability

Make sure the ladder is _____.

stable

The price of oil has remained _____ this month.

stable

Can you explain the wide _____ in your prices?

variation

ideology

Capitalist ___ does not necessarily have to mean that the poor are left entirely on their own.

revolutionary

Che Guevara is a ___ hero in much of Latin America.

exceed

If your son's temperature ___(s) 38.9 degrees, call the doctor immediately.

civilian

In any military conflict, there are always innocent ___(s) who are killed or injured.

cease

It never ___(s) to amaze me how little Ted does at work, yet no one seems to notice.

principal

The ___ reason for Jane's success is her strong organizational skill.

implicit

Young children have an unquestioning and ___ faith in their parents' decisions.

civil

A Chinese proverb tells us that respect for one's parents is the highest duty of ___ life.

exceed

Our profits in our first year of business actually ___(ed) our expectations.

revolution

The Russian ___ took place in 1917.

cessation

The ___ of breathing does not always result in death.

authorship

The ___ of the book is in question, as it is now believed that the novel may have been copied from a story written about five years previous.

format

The ___ of the quiz will be multiple choice questions.

radically

Their grandmother's behavior changed ___ once she was put on medication for Alzheimer's disease.

interval

There are markers at 1 mile ___(s) along the route to let the racers know how far they have to go.

computation

They were doing the ___(s) on scraps of paper as they walked around the lab.

It is easy to appreciate the _____ between city life and country life.

contrast

construction

...the ___ of an equal society.

objectivity

Doctors must maintain ___.

He was not allowed ________ to a lawyer.

access

He described it quite _____.

accurately

What is its ________ age?

approximate

The U.S. is _____ $4 billion in loans.

contributing

unconstitutional

It is ___ to prevent people from voting just because they have changed addresses.

commentator

One political ___ suggested that the President may be simply trying to divert attention from the nation's economic difficulties.

constitute

Queen Elizabeth I once suggested that a meal of bread, cheese and beer ___(s) the chemically-perfect food.

civil

The mayor fears that the ___ unrest in one part of the city may spread to other areas if it is not brought under control immediately.

Her _____ for giving care, love, and attention is admirable.

capacity

These containers have a maximum _____ of 200 gallons of water.

capacity

initial

Please sign your ___(s) at the bottom of the page.

He received an award for his _____ to world peace.

contribution

Several companies will be _____ their new products.

demonstrating

It was a _____ of power by the people of Moscow.

demonstration

Police were dealing with a crowd of _____.

demonstrators

I was right in my _____ of his capabilities.

estimate

It's difficult to _____ how much money is involved.

estimate

There are an _____ 90,000 foreigners in the country.

estimated

He has gone down considerably in my _____.

estimation

You'd better consider this and _____ it into your decision making.

factor

The flower gardens are a special _____ of this property.

feature

The program will _____ highlights from recent games.

feature

Jon _____ in one of the show's most thrilling episodes.

featured

The young boy clearly has his mother's fine, delicate _____.

features

She _____ children's books.

illustrates

This is a good _____ of how an essay should be written.

illustration

If you talk about California, people have an _____ of sunny blue skies.

image

The government does not have a good public _____.

image

He uses a lot of _____ from nature in his poetry.

images

The advertisement was filled with _____ of children.

images

The experience had a strong _____ on him.

impact

The new law has _____ small businesses.

impacted

He was sweating from the _____ heat.

intense

He's a very _____ player who loves to win.

intense

The fast-food business is _____ competitive.

intensely

The _____ of the attack was a shock.

intensity

You have to understand how cells _____.

interact

The other children _____ and played together.

interacted

I enjoy many social _____ with other people every day.

interactions

I agree with it in _____ but I doubt if it will happen in practice.

principle

These changes go against my _____.

principles

He claimed he had no _____ knowledge of the protest.

prior

A number of ________ problems will have to be solved.

technical

The ________ term for sunburn is "erythema."

technical

Their ________ ability is exceptional.

technical

file

His lawyer has ___(ed) an appeal of his conviction for attempted murder.

medicinal

We now know that nature is full of ___ plants, but most of us can't recognize them.

contrary

___ to popular belief, eating chocolate does not cause skin problems for teenagers.

contrary

___ to what some of our colleagues have been saying, I think we can do this.

He's an ________ on Russian music.

authority

Only the president could ________ its use.

authorize

The _____ of health care for all citizens is an important issue.

availability

The college has brought me into _____ with western ideas.

contact

Their _____ at the United States embassy was Phil.

contact

There was no physical _____.

contact

_____ our head office for further details.

contact

Shakespeare and his _____ had no idea that he would become so famous.

contemporaries

When you are anxious, your muscles ________.

contract

rational

A California judge has ruled that there appears to be no ___ purpose for denying marriage to gay couples.

construction

About 25,000 workers died during the ___ of the Panama Canal.

rationally

Amber was able to think more ___ once she had stopped crying.

scenario

American military personnel are staging various terrorist ___(s) in order to better prepare for possible future attacks.

ratio

Americans outnumber Canadians in North America by a ___ of about 9 - 1.

unspecified

An ___ number of people were injured in a big accident on the highway.

financier

An anonymous ___ has donated over one million dollars to help build a new cancer research facility at the university.

pursue

An innocent bystander was killed by a car being ___(ed) by the police in downtown Boston today.

collapse

An old woman ___(d) on the bus and had to be rushed to the hospital.

enormity

At more than 100 times the diameter of the Earth, and more than 300,000 times its mass, the simple ___ of the sun is difficult to comprehend.

option

At the end of the term, I will have two ___(s); travelling around Australia or going back to France.

intelligence

Australian ___ officers have arrested a man apparently involved in a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister.

invoke

By ___(ing) a clause in the contract guaranteeing a fixed price, management was able to avoid paying for the increase in fuel costs.

prospectors

Gold was found in the Yukon by the first ___ in the late 1800s.

convert

Calvin ___(ed) many rich Catholics to Protestantism in France.

unfocused

Cam seemed kind of ___ at the meeting. I wonder if something is bothering him.

summarize

Can you ___ the plot of the movie in a couple of paragraphs?

sequence

Can you remember the ___ of events leading up to the murder?

fluctuate

Certain types of stars ___ in brightness like a great, beating heart.

conduct

Charles Dutoit ___(ed) the Montreal Symphony Orchestra for many years.

unregulated

Consumer groups fear that, if left ___, the airline industry will reduce or eliminate service on routes less traveled.

revolutionized

DNA tests have ___ criminal investigations.

minimal

Damage to the rocket is ___, and no immediate repairs are required.

domain

Dave is responsible for all of the servers in one ___, but not for the rest of the network.

reveal

David Suzuki notes that each new scientific discovery we make merely ___(s) the magnitude of our ignorance.

abstract

Death is kind of an ___ idea for very young children, who think that the person will wake up or somehow come back to them.

scheme

Denmark was one of the first countries in the world to introduce state social welfare ___(s).

ceaselessly

Despite his struggles against poverty and illness, the great composer Schubert composed ___.

bulk

Despite its huge ___, the buffalo can run at amazing speeds.

external

Despite the fact that we are not consciously aware of the ___ world during sleep, our minds continue to actively process information.

nonetheless

For all her faults, Vanessa is ___ an excellent saleswoman.

focus

For many years, the area now known as Angola was a ___ of the African slave trade.

denote

Francis Hutcheson once suggested that wisdom ___(s) the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

practitioner

Health ___(s) are calling on the government to increase funding for health care in our state.

emigrated

Helen Hunt Jackson once wrote, "Oh, write of me, not "Died in bitter pains," but "___ to another star!""

emigrate

Helen Hunt Jackson once wrote, "Oh, write of me, not "Died in bitter pains," but "___(d) to another star!""

succession

Helen Keller once observed that life is a ___ of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

This problem is likely to happen again. ________ we need a new plan.

Hence

insertion

Henderson e-mailed a couple of items to me for ___ in tomorrow's agenda for our management meeting.

accumulate

Henry managed to ___ some valuable experience working in his father's company over the summer.

maturity

Her speech showed great ___.

predictably

I don't really like the average Hollywood movie. They generally have such cliché plots, and they usually end ___ with a happy ending.

commit

I really can't ___ myself to coaching my son's baseball team this year. I just have too many other things to do.

anticipate

I sometimes ___ events in the future in my dreams.

abandon

I will never ___ my dream of becoming a writer.

guarantee

I won't be late this time, I ___ it.

amend

I won't support the policy unless it is ___(ed).

definite

I'm afraid I won't be able to give you a ___ answer until we have a bit more information.

label

In August of 1968, the Beatles launched their new record ___, Apple.

migration

In Iraq over the past 50 years, there has been a widespread ___ of people to the urban centers.

invalid

In March of 1990, the Soviet government ruled that Lithuania's declaration of independence was ___, and that Soviet law was still in force in the Baltic republic.

predominate

Indonesia is a ___(ly) Muslim country.

validity

International observers question the ___ of the election, given widespread accusations of election fraud.

occur

It simply didn't ___ to me that I could use the Internet to do my research.

justify

Mahatma Gandhi felt that violence was never ___(ied) in the search for peace and equality.

integrity

Mahatma Gandhi was a man of rare ___ and vision.

secure

Make sure the babies are ___(ly) attached in their car seats.

secure

Make sure you ___ the boat with a good rope or it will float away.

liberalizing

Malta is currently privatizing state-controlled companies, and ___ markets in order to prepare for membership in the European Union.

publish

Monday Magazine is ___(ed) weekly in Victoria.

devotees

Monks led the chanting for the dead as ___ brought flowers.

principal

Nathan Conway went to see the ___ of the school about his son's football injury.

uncontextualized

New vocabulary which is ___ can be difficult to understand clearly.

vehicle

No motorized ___(s) are allowed on the trails in the park.

anticipate

No one had ___(d) the earthquake.

violator

No trespassing - ___(s) will be prosecuted.

extract

Oil companies have a long history of collaborating with repressive governments to ___ valuable resources with little concern for the people who live near them.

scheme

Oliver is always ___(ing) to get the most money for the least amount of work possible.

advocate

Personally, I do not ___ the death penalty under any circumstances.

previously

Physicists now believe the universe to be three billion years younger than ___ thought.

erode

Recent scandals have seriously ___(ed) public support for the governor.

extract

Recent scientific studies have identified natural ___(s) which can help strengthen the body's immune system.

undertake

Remodeling the kitchen was a huge ___(ing) for us because we'd never done anything like it before.

prime

Rents for ___ office space in Central Tokyo are the highest in the world.

exporter

Russia is one of the leading ___(s) of wheat in the world.

region

She sustained serious injuries to the pelvic ___ as a result of the car accident.

register

She told me her name, but it just didn't ___ until she mentioned that we had met before at a conference.

appendage

She wants to be recognized for her own contributions to society, rather than being regarded as a simple ___ of her husband.

unaware

She was ___ of the problem until it was too late.

initially

She was ___ shy, but she got over it quickly, and was able to play well in her first public performance.

confine

Studies have shown that child abuse is not ___(d) to any particular social or economic class of society.

likewise

Studies show that if you are right-handed; your right fingernails will grow faster; ___ the fingernails on the left hand of a left-handed person.

predominate

Studies show that in Thailand, where peaceful Buddhist teachings ___, parents are less likely to spank their children.

disproportionate

Studies show that men in our society command a ___ share of power, prestige, and resources.

inherent

Supreme Court Judge Stewart Potter once stated that abortion is ___(ly) different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

ultimate

Tackling Mount Everest is the ___ challenge for the elite mountain climber.

aware

Teenagers today are much more ___ of the dangers of smoking than they were when my mother was young.

institutions

The Bank of Montreal is one of Canada's largest financial ___.

brief

The Chief of Staff is in the conference room ___(ing) the President on the terrorist attack.

expand

The English Language Program has really ___(ed) over the last few years, from just 45 students to over 300.

comment

The Finance Minister declined to ___ on the accusations.

investigator

The Fire Department will send an ___ to determine the cause of the fire at the hotel.

federation

The Gambia formed a short-lived ___ of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989.

migrants

The Gypsy people are believed to be the descendants of ___ from India in the 15th century.

preliminary

The Jamaican sprinter dominated in the ___(ies), but faltered somewhat in the final.

prime

The Kobe earthquake was a ___ example of how much damage an earthquake can do.

paradigm

The Korean government has advanced a new ___ that involves upgrading business practices to meet international standards.

pose

The artist had the woman try various ___(s) before finally beginning to paint.

version

The author has just put out an updated ___ of his travel book with new information in it.

induce

The baby was over 2 weeks late, and had to be ___(d).

distort

The badly ___(ed) television picture was hard on my eyes.

annually

The badminton tournament is held ___, usually in the first week of July.

The defendant hurt his case by making a series of ________ statements.

contradictory

recommenced

The football game was halted due to snow, but ___ after the field was cleared off.

displacement

The forced ___ of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War is one of the most shameful chapters in that country's history.

temporarily

The garage gave me a car to use ___ while mine is being repaired.

initial

The goal of our ___ meeting is to simply get to know each other.

institute

The government has ___(ed) a couple of changes to the driver's licensing procedure in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving new drivers.

impose

The government has ___(ed) a wage freeze for the next year in the public sector.

incentive

The government has announced a number of tax ___(s) to attract new businesses to our state.

initiation

The government has announced the ___ of a new program to identify children at risk of abuse.

primacy

The government has declared its intention to emphasize the ___ of family values, which they consider to be the basis of all society.

index

The inflation ___ shows a slight increase in the cost of housing over the last six months.

schematically

The instructor illustrated a computer hard drive ___ in order to explain the basic functioning of the system.

automation

The introduction of ___ in the harvesting of fruit has cost a lot of seasonal workers their jobs.

suspend

The light was ___(ed) from the ceiling.

straightforward

The software program has very ___ instructions for installation.

criterion

The sole ___ which is considered for the position is education. We don't need people with previous experience because we want them to learn and use our system.

thematically

The songs were divided ___ into four types.

spherically

The space shuttle was struck by a large, ___-shaped object.

investigative

The story of the political scandal was first revealed by an ___ reporter for the New York Times.

conduct

The threat of force is usually sufficient to secure the lawful ___ of most citizens.

layer

The top of the cake is covered with whipped cream ___(ed) with strawberries.

physically

The triathlon is one of the most ___ demanding competitions you can find.

mutual

The two boxers have a ___ hate for each other which should make the fight very intense.

subsidize

The university now ___(s) bus passes for students.

reveal

The x-ray ___(ed) a small tumor in her breast.

chemical

The young boy was injured when he mixed a couple of ___(s) in the school laboratory, and the resulting mixture exploded.

legislation

Under the Canadian political system, the Senate's powers are largely limited to delaying the endorsement of ___ passed by the House.

detectable

Unfortunately, many birth defects are not ___ before a baby is born.

scope

Unfortunately, your question is outside the ___ of my experience in the field.

uniformly

Union members were ___ opposed to management's offer of a one percent salary increase.

channel

Until the tenth century, the Christian Church was the main unifying force and ___ of culture in Europe.

highlight

We were able to sample the ___(s) of Blenheim Gardens in about three hours.

reversible

While the lung damage that smoking causes is not ___, quitting smoking prevents more lung damage from occurring.

undetected

William Inge once suggested that originality is simply ___ plagiarism.

capable

Wind is ___ of transporting enormous quantities of sand and dust which, when deposited, form many of our planet's distinctive land forms.

depress

Winter in Quebec can be a bit ___(ing) when you get a big snowfall in April.

diminish

With human populations increasing, resources for Asian elephants are scarce, and the numbers of these animals are ___(ing).

The latest news _____ with earlier reports.

contrasts

I was worried by our _____ lack of progress.

apparent

Anyone can _____ our music.

appreciate

People feel their houses will _____ in value.

appreciate

Peter helped me when I most needed it. I'll always _____ that.

appreciate

I don't think we _____ how much time it would take.

appreciated

Children do not always have an _____ of art.

appreciation

The wet road _____ to the accident.

contributed

The doctor used a special machine which allowed him to see the __________ and expansion of tiny blood vessels.

contraction

She did not ________ him.

contradict

Make a list of your child's toys and then _____ them as sociable or antisocial.

categorize

This book clearly falls into the _____ of autobiography.

category

Germany must rise to the _____ of its responsibilities.

challenge

His first _____ was winning the respect of his players.

challenge

The demonstrators have now made a direct _____ to the authority of the government.

challenge

They _____ the laws and tried to change them.

challenged

Woods _____ O'Meara to a friendly game.

challenged

Mike found a _____ job as a computer programmer.

challenging

Mona gave him a _____ look.

challenging

Her version of the story ________ her daughter's.

contradicted

Both the sender and the receiver can en_______ and de_______ messages.

code

Samurai warriors lived by a strict moral __________.

code

The area __________ for western Pennsylvania is 412.

code

We had to enter a digital __________ in order to turn off the house alarm.

code

They used secret __________.

codes

Countries should avoid _____ systems of voting.

complex

He should __________ on his studies.

concentrate

An intense __________ is going on within the government.

debate

The committee will __________ the issue today.

debate

There was a __________ in Congress on immigration reform.

debate

Emma was __________ whether to go or not.

debating

Many of my students were born in the last __________ of the twentieth century.

decade

Official records show a sharp _____ in the number of foreign tourists.

decline

He _____ their invitation.

declined

200,000 people _____ against the war.

demonstrate

Remember to save your _____.

document

He wrote a book _____ his prison experiences.

documenting

The attorney entered the courtroom with a briefcase full of legal _____.

documents

"The family devised a plan for sharing _____ chores."

domestic

American Airlines flies thousands of _____ flights a day.

domestic

The little girl was afraid of tigers but loved her _____ cat.

domestic

Mongolia once established military _____ over much of the world.

dominance

He denied that his country wants to _____ Europe.

dominate

She was a _____ woman.

dominating

The government tried to avoid the _____ of the market by a small number of organizations.

domination

He was a _____ and energetic leader.

dynamic

The situation is difficult to _____.

evaluate

Employees are generally very concerned about the opinions and _____ of their supervisors.

evaluations

There are many who believe that civil war will be the _____ outcome.

eventual

Every _____ is covered, from running out of gas to needing water.

eventuality

The flight _____ got away six hours late.

eventually

_____ your child will leave home.

eventually

There is no _____ that he committed the offenses.

evidence

The group of feminists protested women's __________ from political power in their country.

exclusion

It used to be a private, __________ club.

exclusive

The boxing club consisted __________ of males.

exclusively

He ________ symptoms of anxiety.

exhibited

He treated the fans to an ________ of power and speed.

exhibition

Many visitors have come to see an ________ of modern art at the local museum.

exhibition

Schedules will be sent out to all ________.

exhibitors

Officials _____ him as a fake.

exposed

Let me give an example to _____ my point.

illustrate

The new cars will _________ a number of major changes.

incorporate

He ________ a chair. "Sit down."

indicated

Mr. Rivers ________ that he might leave the company.

indicated

The survey ________ that most people agree.

indicates

He caused a crash by ________ that he was turning right and then turning left.

indicating

We have no ________ of where he is.

indication

The guests complained about the __________ of the seating arrangements.

inflexibility

The miners _____ 1400 yards below ground.

labored

The police _____ for months to try to solve the case.

labored

Business people voted Atlanta the best city in which to _____ a business.

locate

Businesses that _____ in poor neighborhoods can be very profitable.

locate

They couldn't _____ the missing ship.

locate

A shop and beauty salon are _____ in the hotel.

located

Rand pointed out the _____ of the different school buildings.

location

The house costs a lot to _____.

maintain

"He _____ that he had not stolen the money."

maintained

France _____ close contacts with Jordan during the Gulf War.

maintained

She _____ her weight at 150 pounds.

maintained

Parents should prepare for the costs of _____ a child in college.

maintaining

The students were tested on the material from the __________ class.

preceding

In order to __________ profit, the firm produces as many goods as possible.

maximize

I need the __________ amount of information you can give me.

maximum

The __________ height for a garden fence is 6 feet.

maximum

The judge sentenced the defendant to a __________ of two years in prison.

maximum

I think you are _____ tired.

mentally

The students were excited by her new teaching ________.

methods

Dynamite is a ________ useful weapon.

militarily

The _________ have said little about the attacks.

military

A _____ of mothers go out to work.

minority

Male nurses are in a _____.

minority

He decided to completely change his _____ of life.

mode

Students prefer casual clothes to formal _____ of dress.

modes

All of the computers on campus are linked to a common _____.

network

Evans tried to _____ a false passport.

obtain

A great artist teaches us to _____ reality in a different way.

perceive

Bodybuilders eat food with a high __________ of protein.

percentage

There will be a _______ of meetings with political leaders.

series

What do you think is the _____ of this event?

significance

A small but _____ number of 11-year-olds cannot read.

significant

I think it was _____ that he never knew his own father.

significant

The number of Senators who agreed with him increased _____.

significantly

She was the _____ caregiver for her sick mother.

sole

Their _____ aim is to win.

sole

Doctors do not rely _____ on what a patient tells them.

solely

He sounded ________ uncertain.

somewhat

Many adults use television as their major _____ of information.

source

The chemical leak began at the _____ of the Tiber.

source

The exhibition __________ the history of furniture design in America.

traces

Wash them in cold water to remove all __________ of sand.

traces

She learned to draw by __________ pictures out of old storybooks.

tracing

Having a barbecue on the Fourth of July is an American __________.

tradition

Some teachers employ __________ teaching methods while others always try to do something new.

traditional

December 26 is __________ one of the busiest days for malls.

traditionally

He told me he was unhappy and wanted a _____.

transfer

_____ the meat to a plate and leave in a warm place.

transfer

The film is an interesting _____of the book on which it is based.

variation

Your diet should be _____ and balanced.

varied

The cost of coffee _____ according to where it comes from.

varies

The jugs are handmade, so they _____ slightly.

vary

I'm flying to Sweden _____ New York.

via

We can continue the discussion _____ e-mail.

via

_____ was poor.

visibility

He made a _____ effort to control his temper.

visible

The warning lights were clearly _____.

visible

She was _____ upset.

visibly

He's suffering from loss of _____.

vision

I have a _____ of world peace.

vision

She helps in a local school as a __________.

volunteer

They fought as __________.

volunteers

mechanism

When the human body is dehydrated, its thirst ___ shuts off.

identical

When they first started out, the Beatles dressed ___(ly) in gray suits and ties.

contextual

When trying to discover the meaning of new vocabulary, it helps to look at ___ clues, such as the position of the word in a sentence.

tense

When we are under stress our bodies tend to ___ up.

conceivable

Without their support the project would not have been conceivable.

proportion

Women naturally have ___(ally) more fat in their bodies than men.

layer

Woody Harrelson once said that a grown-up is simply a child with ___(s) on.

unenforceable

This country's pot laws are completely ___. It's time we rethought our war on drugs.

input

This hole is the output for your headphones, and the other hole is the ___ for the microphone.

specific

This illness appears to be ___ to children under the age of five.

subordinate

Thomas Kempis once suggested that it is much safer to be in a ___ position than in authority.

subordination

Traditionally, Korean women were taught the virtues of ___ and endurance to prepare for their future roles as wife and mother.

coordinate

As leader of the project, it is your job to ___ the work of the various units.

restrain

Attempts by the Samoan government to develop a larger and broader economy are ___(ed) by the island nation's remote location.

Joe got into trouble with the Philadelphia Parking ________ for parking his car illegally.

Authority

circumstance

Averil Coxhead has noted that the more words students know well and can use, the more meaning they can communicate in a wide variety of ___(s).

statistics

Despite the public's fears, ___(s) show that the crime rate has actually dropped over the last 20 years.

recovery

Diane Feinstein once said that survival is nothing more than ___.

intrinsic

Dishonesty and manipulation seem to have become ___ features of our political system.

reactionaries

Division within the party is being blamed on ___ who refuse to accept the will of the majority of members.

imply

Do you mean to ___ that I don't care about the environment just because I drive a car?

proportionately

Earth's atmosphere is, ___, thinner than the skin of an apple.

ensure

Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, protein and dairy products will ___ your body gets the minerals it needs.

unique

Every person's fingerprint is ___.

inherent

Every single research can be accepted only tentatively, due to the ___ limitations in the process.

undertook

He ___ to learn French in preparation for his transfer to Paris.

institute

He has done research for a number of medical ___(s).

secure

He has finally ___(d) a new, better-paid job with another company.

grant

He has received a ___ from the government to continue his research for the next five years.

positive

He has tested ___ for cancer, and has to see a specialist immediately.

pursuit

He has traveled the country in ___ of a job in film-making.

intelligent

He is an extremely ___ person, almost a genius.

constituency

He is an extremely right-wing politician whose ___ consists of racists and neo-nazis.

devote

He is so ___(d) to his wife that he would never leave her even if she were unfaithful.

indefinite

He was sent to jail for an ___ period.

visually

Her brother is ___-impaired, and uses a white cane to get around.

integrate

Highly ___(d) groups may generate social movements because they so thoroughly blend their members' individual and group interests.

minimal

Hilton Kramer once noted that the more ___ the art, the more maximum the explanation.

hypothesis

His ___ relies on the litmus paper turning blue.

focus

His eyes began to ___ on what looked like a small ball.

survive

How do people ___ the pressure of working all the time?

predictor

Huang and van Naerssen have found that reading outside class is the most significant ___ of speaking ability in a second language.

refineries

Huge oil ___ line the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

draft

I e-mailed a first ___ of the article to him.

abstract

I find ___ paintings such as those by Picasso kind of stupid.

predictability

I get bored by the ___ of commercial films. I always know that the good guy will win, and the story will end happily.

assurance

I give you my ___ that the report will be completed by 3:00 tomorrow at the latest.

mutual

I have a proposal to make to you which I believe may be ___(ly) beneficial.

imposition

I hope my coming to talk to you isn't an ___.

tension

I just couldn't handle the ___ at work, so I took some time off.

file

I keep a ___ of all my students' marks for about a year, so if anyone has any questions, I have all the information I need at hand to answer them.

resolution

I made a New Year's ___ to take more time to relax this year.

implicit

I trust Young-Soo ___(ly), having dealt with him on numerous occasions, and having always found him to be totally honest.

file

I usually go through my ___(s) once in a while to get rid of stuff that is out of date.

uncoordinated

I was always kind of ___ as a kid, and hated playing sports because I did so badly.

mature

I'm not sure the children are ___ enough to sit through a lecture like this.

aggregate

If two teams are tied at the end of the qualifying round, the ___(ed) scores of goals against will be used to determine which team will continue on to the final.

logically

If you approach the situation ___, rather than emotionally, you can make a much fairer decision.

regulatory

Illegal drugs are produced without ___ control, and hence can contain many dangerous substances.

invalidate

Improper controls during the testing procedure ___(ed) the results of the experiment.

utilize

In 1865, Joseph Lister became the first doctor to ___ disinfectant during surgery.

statistical

In 1930, researchers in Cologne, Germany drew the first ___ connection between smoking and cancer.

consensual

In many countries, ___ sex between two male adults is illegal.

finite

In mathematics, a ___ set is one which is countable.

commodity

In modern society, men generally have primary responsibility for ___ production.

thereby

In nature, predators generally prey on the young, sick or weak in a group, ___ keeping the species as a whole strong and healthy.

shift

In the 1980s and 90s, Thailand ___(ed) its emphasis from agricultural to industrial production.

inevitable

It was ___ that Sam would be fired because he was always coming to work late, and leaving early.

restrain

It was hard for her to ___ her emotions when she saw her sister for the first time in 20 years.

attain

It will be difficult to ___ your goal of fluency if you don't make an effort to speak more in class.

recover

It will take a long time for the people of Kosovo to ___ from the recent conflict in the region.

initiated

James Watt ___ the Industrial Revolution in 1769 with the invention of the steam engine.

circumstance

John was very angry, but under the ___(s) I can't blame him.

collapse

Joseph Goebbels murdered his six children and committed suicide after the ___ of the Nazi regime during World War Two.

uncharted

Leo Buscaglia once remarked that life is ___ territory that reveals its story one moment at a time.

mature

Leopards ___ at two years old, and can have cubs every two years after that.

brief

Let's try to keep this discussion ___; everyone is tired, and wants to go home.

reoccur

Long hair is a ___(ing) fad.

sustenance

Lost in the desert for days, they were eventually reduced to eating insects for ___.

simulations

Many people feel that scientific tests could be done using computer ___ instead of live animals.

license

My fishing ___ only allows me to catch two salmon per day.

draft

My grandfather wasn't ___(ed) into the U.S. Army for the war - he volunteered.

portion

My grandmother always gave us huge ___(s) of apple pie when we went to her house for supper on Sundays.

nevertheless

My neighbors are sometimes very noisy, but we get along quite well ___.

odd

My new neighbor is really ___; she stays up at night, and howls at the moon.

bias

My own teaching style has a strong ___ towards vocabulary development.

odd

Oliver, usually the biggest talker, was ___(ly) silent at yesterday's meeting.

recover

Police divers have ___(ed) the body of a child drowned in a boating accident this weekend.

formulated

Rhodesia's Constitution, ___ in 1961, favored whites in power.

welfare

Right-wing parties want to get people off ___, but they don't say what they will do to create employment for these people.

commit

Rock musician Jim Morrison once said that the most loving parents and relatives ___ murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are.

successfully

Scientists have ___ cloned a number of mammals now, including a sheep and a pig.

survive

She ___(ed) a car accident in which both her parents were killed.

convince

She ___(ed) her mother to let her go abroad to study English.

distort

She always ___(s) everything I say in order to make me look bad.

secure

She is never jealous because she feels totally ___ in his love for her.

compute

She was able to ___ the day's earnings in a few seconds, entirely in her head.

brief

She was able to give a ___ description of what happened to police.

consultative

She works purely in a ___ capacity at a local computing firm.

incline

She's ___(d) to blame everyone around her when things go badly.

reactions

Side effects are predictable but often unpleasant ___ to a drug.

restore

Sleep functions to ___ and repair both the body and the brain.

radicalized

Some figures in the church in pre-Sandinista Nicaragua were quite ___, and supportive of the anti-Somoza rebels.

hypothesized

Some scientists have ___ that animals can sense earthquakes before they occur.

inspector

Someone once noted that in business, the customer is the final ___.

success

Someone once said that ___ is a dream turned into reality.

reluctant

Someone once said that even the easiest thing becomes difficult if done ___(ly).

misinterpret

Someone once suggested that a statistician carefully assembles facts and figures for others who carefully ___ them.

alternative

Successful ___(s) to testing drugs on animals include test tube studies on human tissue cultures, statistics and computer models.

resolution

The U.N. Security Council is considering a ___ authorizing the use of force to protect the refugees who are trying to flee the region.

immigrant

The U.S. accepts ___(s) from all over the world.

arbitrary

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one shall be ___(ly) deprived of his property.

mediate

The United Nations has been working to ___ the peace talks between the countries involved in the conflict.

commit

The United Nations has suggested that the richer countries of the world need to ___ more money to the elimination of starvation in the developing world.

distortion

The amount of ___ on the radio depends on how strong the signal is.

finite

The analysis of ___ quantities is known as algebra.

intelligence

The ancient Egyptians thought that our hearts were the center of ___ and emotion.

annual

The area which includes the Amazon River has the highest ___ rainfall in the world.

identical

The bicycle he bought was ___ to that used by the winner of the Tour de France.

temporary

The bike path is closed for a ___ period so that repairs can be made to the asphalt.

disoriented

The child seemed dizzy and ___, and wasn't able to stand up.

construct

The children ___(ed) a tree fort out of scrap wood they got from a house which was being built.

anticipation

The children had trouble falling asleep on Christmas Eve in ___ of the visit from Santa Claus.

precise

The earthquake occurred at ___(ly) 9:02 this morning.

incomprehensible

The enormous amounts of information generally gathered in survey research is ___ in raw form.

security

The police need to improve ___ around the Prime Minister because in the past 4 years people have tried to attack him on two separate occasions.

reformulated

The recipe for our cookies has been ___ to contain less fat.

offset

The salary increase we received was ___ by the rise in the cost of living, with the result that overall, our standard of living has actually gone down.

reverse

The seasons are ___(ed) in the southern half of the Earth.

file

The secretaries need to catch up on their ___(ing). Things are piling up, and we can't find stuff when we need it.

visualize

The slow eastward motion of the sun is not easy to ___ because of the rotation of the Earth.

suspend

The union has agreed to ___ strike action pending the outcome of today's negotiations.

mediation

The union has asked for ___ in their negotiations with the administration in order to avoid a strike.

benefit

The union has negotiated a number of ___(s) for the employees, including a raise in holiday pay.

ultimate

The value of anything is ___(ly) in the mind of the observer.

component

The various ___(s) are manufactured by different suppliers around the world, and assembled in our factory in Mexico.

regulate

The veterinarian told Sammy to ___ the amount of food he gives his puppy.

highlight

There's going to be a special program ___(ing) the top news stories of the year on channel 6 tonight.

hierarchy

Very few women have been able to penetrate the male-dominated ___ of most large corporations.

incline

Very young children are ___(d) to believe almost anything their teachers tell them.

adjacent

Visitors' parking can be found ___ to the main entrance to the apartment complex.

intrinsic

Vocabulary development is an ___ part of the curriculum of this ESL program.

correspondingly

Wages in the city are good, but housing prices are ___ higher than in rural areas as well.

chart

We are doing a reading course at school that lets us ___ our progress.

colleague

We are going to meet a few ___(s) after work to discuss our plan to open up our own business.

prospective

We are interviewing a number of ___ tenants for our basement apartment.

virtual

We are very careful about what we eat, and ___(ly) all our food is organic.

abstraction

We can describe most things in our environment at a variety of levels of ___, from very broad and general categories, to very narrow and specific terms.

adjacent

We can put your printer ___ to your computer on the table here.

fund

We can't buy any more equipment because we are out of ___(s).

alternative

We could have a company golf tournament, or ___(ly), we could try something like an overnight camping trip.

specify

We didn't ___ a time exactly, but we'll probably meet at the restaurant around noon.

author

We got our book signed by the ___ when we bought it.

philosophy

Western ___ was largely founded on the writings of Plato and Aristotle.

precise

You need to be a little more ___ in your measurements because the walls of your birdhouse don't fit together very well.

input

Your ___ in this matter would be very helpful because of all your experience.

financing

___ a new business is a risky operation; you could lose a lot of money.

external

___ devices connect to ports at the back of the computer.

label

___(ing) children as slow learners is very bad for their self-esteem.

confine

___(ing) the patient to bed will only make it harder for her to get her strength back. She needs to be up and walking around as soon after the operation as possible.

chemical

___(ly) burned skin may become red, blistered or blackened, depending on how strong the material is.

ideologist

___(s) within the party have different interpretations of the direction they should take in the next election.

I __________ a topic to the children for them to write about.

assign

He was __________ to head office.

assigned

We greatly welcome any _____.

assistance

I _____ (that) the eggs will be fresh.

assume

Mr. Cross will _____ the role of CEO.

assume

I _____ my success to luck.

attributed

He _____ with Hill and the others in his office.

conferred

The constitution _____ large powers on Brazil's 25 states.

confers

She glanced over at James for ________.

confirmation

Travel arrangements are subject to ________.

confirmation

Doctors have ________ that he has not broken any bones.

confirmed

Edith ________ that every detail Peter gave was correct.

confirmed

He made all the ________ decisions himself.

crucial

Chewing properly is ________ important.

crucially

The students spent a full year studying the life __________ of the plant.

cycle

The _____ of new democracies in Latin America marked a shift toward more peaceful times in that region.

emergence

_____ from the illness was like coming out of a fog.

emerging

She _____ that no major changes can be expected.

emphasized

Did you _____ anyone in the building?

encounter

Every day of our lives we _____ stress.

encounter

They are eager to protect and __________ their reputation.

enhance

Music is merely an __________ to the power of her words.

enhancement

...persuading people to respect the _____.

environment

Students in our schools are taught in a safe, secure _____.

environment

The United Nations voted in favor of the __________ of the state of Israel in 1948.

establishment

A survey of _____ minorities revealed that they all desired better working conditions.

ethnic

The university wants an _____ diverse student body.

ethnically

The main _____ of fat is as a store of energy.

function

We need to take a _____ view of economic and social problems.

global

Trends toward the _____ of industry have dramatically affected food production in California.

globalization

The company employs 5,800 people _____, including 2,000 in Colorado.

globally

A single airport can have people from every part of the _____.

globe

Paul Jones said that it was an __________ law of nature that those who will not risk, cannot win.

inflexible

He wanted to _____ a discussion on education.

initiate

In many societies, young people are formally _____ into their adult roles.

initiated

The new president has inspired the _____ of a series of changes.

initiation

The tribe performed several _____ for new members during their holiday feast.

initiations

She was disappointed by his lack of _____.

initiative

We must take the _____ in the struggle to end the war.

initiative

Government _____to help young people have been inadequate.

initiatives

So far all the tests have been _____.

negative

The death of his father has given him a new _____ on life.

perspective

6000 women will take part in the first __________ of the project.

phase

The reforms will be __________ in over three years.

phased

They think that the present system should be __________ out.

phased

The ________ for conflict is great.

potential

Have fun at college, but don't let it take ________ over work.

precedence

He's not going this year, ________ because of his age.

presumably

He would vote against the proposal on _____.

principle

_____ to his trip to Japan, he went to New York.

prior

They _____ in price from $3 to $15.

range

This shirt is available in a wide _____ of colors.

range

Some families don't even have the _____ to feed themselves.

resources

There has been no ________ to his remarks.

response

Space limitations forced the administration to __________ the number of students who would be accepted as freshmen.

restrict

They decided to __________ acceptance to 30 percent of applicants.

restrict

Patients are __________ to the grounds of the hospital.

restricted

The government __________ the media.

restricted

The mother scolded her young child for entering a highly __________ area.

restricted

The people protested against the __________ of individual freedom.

restriction

The U.S. government has made its immigration laws more __________ since 9/11.

restrictive

They are __________ work in hotels and bars.

seeking

The DJ played a _____ of popular songs.

selection

During difficult economic times, buyers are more _____ than they would otherwise be.

selective

The company needs a more _____ training program.

structured

It is still not clear what _____ off the demonstrations.

triggered

The assassination of the president _____ the outbreak of the war.

triggered

The thieves _____ the alarm.

triggered

He's a man of few words who is very polite and _____.

unassuming

radical

Ariel Durant once said that the conservative who resists change is as valuable as the ___ who proposes it.

proceedings

Criminal ___ have been started against the President since the scandal was revealed.

classical

Folk and ___ arts are an important part of traditional life in Indonesia.

She understood the _____ of her actions.

consequences

The weapon has a _____ of 18,000 yards.

range

Voters are _____ candidates for both U.S. Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats.

selecting

context

Social ___ has been shown to have a great influence on individual behavior.

diminution

The ___ in sales is largely due to the downturn in the economy.

index

The ___ in this book is quite extensive, so you may find it useful.

prohibit

You could be fined and ___(ed) from driving if you drive unsafely.

core

You don't need to ___ the apples before putting them in the juicer.

submit

Even when he was down on the ground with the other boy on top of him, Tomas refused to ___.

odd

Even-numbered players go to the left, ___-numbered players to the right.

It was a great _____ to reach this agreement so quickly.

achievement

compatible

Any girlfriend I have has to be interested in outdoor sports for us to be truly ___.

Only the _____ of these goals will bring peace.

achievement

He's been a high _____ from the moment he got here.

achiever

Bill Gates is known for his intelligence and his __________ wealth.

considerable

aware

A Yemeni proverb notes that a mule driver is not ___ of the stink of his animals.

shift

A car that ___(s) manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than an automatic.

amendment

A copy of the suggested ___(s) has been sent to the members for their consideration.

inspection

A firefighter came to our office to do an ___ for fire safety.

constructive

A football coach once observed that something ___ comes from every defeat.

There was a _____ of attitudes about race.

diversity

guarantee

A good job is almost ___(d) once you finish this computer course.

notwithstanding

A great number of nations expressed opposition to Bush's military action against Iraq, but he proceeded ___.

Visitors are often amazed by the cultural _____ of Latin America.

diversity

abandon

A mother panda often gives birth to two cubs, but ___(s) one, and only takes care of the other.

theme

A popular ___ in Karen's artwork has always been the relationship between mothers and daughters.

explicitness

A recent study suggests that Christian churches, with varying degrees of ___, tend to function as opponents of moral innovation.

extract

According to a recent study, over 90 percent of material ___(ed) for use in manufacturing in this country goes to waste.

suspension

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest ___ bridge, opened to traffic on April 5, 1998.

valid

All drivers must ensure that their vehicles have a ___ and current license plate, and enough insurance.

invoke

All his life, he refused to believe in any religion, but on his deathbed he suddenly ___(ed) God, and asked for forgiveness.

submit

All travel expenses must be ___(ed) within five days in order for you to receive your refund.

straightforward

He has a very ___ manner that people appreciate when they're doing business with him.

coherence

An overall theme will help to give your essay ___.

hierarchy

Ancestor worship is seen as emphasizing the permanence of social ___.

sphere

Ancient astronomers thought the sky was a hollow ___ surrounding Earth.

incidents

Any violent ___ which occur must be immediately reported to the principal.

violate

Anyone found ___(ing) the company rules will be fired immediately.

deviation

Aristotle once noted that the least initial ___ from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

guarantee

Aristotle once remarked that courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which ___(s) the others.

aggregation

Around 4.6 million years ago, our planet was formed through an ___ of space dust and meteorites.

ethics

He has absolutely no ___ whatsoever, and will do whatever is necessary to get ahead.

fluctuation

Because Ecuador exports primary products such as oil, bananas, and shrimp, ___(s) in world market prices can have a serious domestic impact.

interpret

Because this case is the first of its kind, we don't really know how the court will ___ the law in this situation.

parameter

Byron is working on specifying the ___(s) of the online writing program.

chart

Captain James Cook ___(ed) much of the Pacific Ocean and discovered several island groups.

explicit

Children don't need to study their native language; their language learning occurs implicitly, not through ___ instruction.

amend

Council members are considering ___(ing) the bylaw as a result of the public outcry.

devote

Courts of law in the United States ___ about half their time to cases involving automobiles.

integration

Community colleges offer free language and citizenship programs to aid in the rapid ___ of immigrants into our society.

unsustainably

Cutting levels in our forests are ___ high; we are cutting too much and cutting too fast.

bias

Don't let the fact that you know my son ___ you when you are choosing kids for the team.

regulate

He has difficulty ___(ing) the time he gets up in the morning.

insecurity

Due to her ___, she always felt that others were making fun of her.

induce

During hallucinations ___(d) by drug use, the teen thought his friend was trying to kill him.

generate

Each of us ___(s) about 3.5 pounds of garbage a day, most of which is paper.

despite

Even Henry went bungy jumping, ___ his fear of heights.

unique

Every animal and plant is ___(ly) adapted to the environment in which it is found living naturally.

domain

Experts in the ___(s) of both psychology and sociology are being asked to contribute to the discussion.

subsidy

Farmers receive a ___ from the government in order to keep the price of wheat down for the consumers.

behalf

Find someone who has spoken on ___ of a group.

license

He lost his driver's ___ for a year after being stopped for drunk driving for the third time.

compensation

He received almost half a million dollars in ___ after an accident in which the brakes on his new car failed.

draft

He took a deep breath and inhaled a ___ of fresh sea air.

She has a strong _____ of friends and family to help her.

network

notion

Fred has this strange ___ that he can do whatever he wants, and no one will challenge him on it.

investment

From the Queen's ___ of $6,000 in Columbus's first voyage, Spain had a return of $1,750,000 in gold after only one century.

inadequate

Funding for the arts in this state is embarrassingly ___.

incapable

Gandhi once said that a coward is ___ of exhibiting love.

priority

Generally, my ___(ies) in life are first my family, and second my work.

migrate

Gray whales ___ down the coast of our state every year.

mechanism

H. Douglas Brown has suggested that the chief ___ for maintaining the bonds of society is language.

intelligence

Harold's great ___ often made it difficult for him to talk with us normal people.

constitutionally

Harrison is ___ incapable of making difficult decisions, and is unfit for a senior management position.

credit

He buys everything on ___; he never pays cash for anything.

expert

He was able to ___(ly) park the car by the end of his driving course.

quote

He was always trying to impress the girls by ___(ing) Shakespeare.

detectives

He was questioned by ___ in regards to the murder.

nonetheless

Her English isn't very good, but she usually manages to make herself understood ___.

irreversible

Her decision to leave her job is ___ now. She just went up to the boss and told him off.

forthcoming

Her husband was very ___ regarding his affair with another woman, and promised his wife it would never happen again.

alternate

Her new medication helps to keep her from constantly ___(ing) between extreme moods.

immigrate

Her parents will be very sad if she ___(s) to Australia because it is so far from Japan that they won't be able to see her very often.

inclination

His ___ to argue with his sister has diminished somewhat as he has gotten older.

unambiguous

His answer to the question was completely ___. He is clearly against the idea.

minimalist

His approach to architecture is ___. He likes to make his buildings as simple and functional as possible.

inference

His decision to resign was somewhat sudden, the ___ being that he was told that if he didn't, he would be fired.

constraint

His lack of experience has been a significant ___ on his ability to move up in the company.

institutionalized

His mother had serious emotional problems, and had to be ___ for an extended period.

positive

His outlook on life became much more ___ once he found a job, and began getting a regular salary.

concurrently

His sentence for theft will be served ___ with a sentence he received for assault.

benefit

Hockey goalies in the first half of the century had to stop shots without the ___ of a mask to protect their face.

enormously

Hockey is ___ popular in this country, with thousands of kids playing it every winter.

accommodate

Houses in the villages of Bhutan tend to be fairly large in order to ___ the extended family.

clauses

I always get confused between dependent ___ and independent ___ in English.

revisions

I asked my professor to check some of the ___ I made to my essay.

hypothetically

I can only answer that question ___ because, as we both know, what you are asking is just not possible.

imply

I can't believe Sandra ___(ed) that I was having some kind of affair with my boss just because I often work late with him.

immaturity

I don't believe that the ability to play games, and have fun is a sign of ___.

inhibitions

I love small children. They seem to have so few ___. They just say and do what they want without pausing to worry about what others may think.

compatibility

I think Jeremy and Zeta are together for reasons of sexual attraction, rather than for any real ___.

liberal

I think the cook was a little too ___ with the salt in this soup; it tastes like seawater.

chart

In 1936, "Billboard" magazine published the first pop music ___ based on national sales.

enforce

In Saudi Arabia, correct behavior is ___(ed) by religious police, who can even enter private homes to check on people.

analogous

In a certain way, death can be seen as somewhat ___ to birth; both represent a profound moment of transition.

highlight

In his speech, the presidential candidate ___(ed) the need for more funding for education.

summarize

In life, we are constantly ___(ing) , whether it is telling a story about an experience we had, or outlining the plot of a movie we saw.

benefit

In order to ___ from aerobic exercise, you need to work hard enough to increase your heart rate.

resolve

In order to ___ this conflict, we need to sit down face to face, and examine the issues together.

subordinacy

In our present school system, students have limited freedom and are taught to be passive, and are in fact rewarded for exhibiting discipline, and ___.

reverse

In sentences using the passive voice, the normal word order is ___(ed), and the sentence starts with the object instead of the subject.

duration

In some ESL programs, students are required to sign an agreement to speak only English for the ___ of their course.

commentary

In the 1880s, French monks at Solesmes began to publish facsimile editions with ___(ies) of the sources of Gregorian chant.

parameter

In the mathematical equation y = a + bx, a and b are ___(s).

Phil Knight's little business eventually became Nike, ____

Inc.

He scored on the eightieth __________ in the math section of the SAT.

percentile

specific

Is there anything ___ that you want me to pick up for supper or should I just get whatever is on sale?

uniform

Isaac Newton observed that every body continues in its state of rest or of ___ motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

credit

Isabel did all the work, but her boss took all the ___ for the project.

occur

It is a natural phenomena which generally ___(s) about once every five years.

grade

It is important to have at least a ___ 12 education if you want to get a good job.

denotation

It is important to learn both the ___ and connotation associated with new vocabulary.

subordinate

It is important to treat your ___(s) with respect if you expect them to obey you willingly.

logical

It is not ___ to think that someone will do something just because you think it is the best thing to do.

equivalence

It is not always possible to find an ___ in one language for an idea expressed in another.

reluctance

It is with great ___ that I announce today my intention to leave this company for a job at a firm in Ontario.

erosion

It takes 500 years to replace one inch of top soil lost through ___.

coordination

It takes a lot of ___ to do freestyle roller-blading.

transport

It took 214 crates to ___ the Statue of Liberty from France to New York in 1885.

input

It took me all day to ___ the data you gave me.

export

Italy is the world's leader in the ___ of tomato paste.

classically

Jennifer is a ___-trained ballet dancer.

journal

Karen keeps a daily ___ of everything that happens to her.

mature

Kate is only 7 years old, but she is very ___ for her age, and is often mistaken for a 10-year-old.

optional

Kathleen Casey once suggested that pain is inevitable, but suffering is ___.

focus

Keep the camera ___(ed) on the zebras by the lake, and we'll see if one of the lions attacks.

minimize

Keeping the injury clean will ___ the risk of infection.

comprise

Koreans now ___ about 30% of the students in our ESL program.

proportion

Length of cooking time for salmon is ___(al) to the thickness of the fish.

volume

Liquids differ from solids in that both have a definite ___, but liquids do not have a definite shape.

compound

Lying about what happened will only ___ your problems.

phenomenal

Mankind's consumption of the Earth's natural resources is proceeding at a ___ and alarming rate.

ethics

Manly Hall once suggested that a man without ___ is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

infrastructure

Many ___ projects planned for the country had to be canceled due to the decline in financial markets.

pose

Many citizens feel that a nuclear power plant could ___ serious environmental problems for the area.

investor

Many foreign ___(s) have bank accounts in Switzerland because of the country's laws regarding secrecy.

welfare

Many people are becoming concerned about the ___ of animals raised for food.

ignorant

Many people are totally ___ of the extent of poverty in this country.

Our _____ of death affect the way we live.

perceptions

sustainability

Maurice Strong recently stated that we are now in the first stages of a battle for the ___ of life on Earth.

automatic

Mildred Bethel once observed that happiness is a conscious choice, not an ___ response.

________ action may become necessary.

Military

intervention

Military ___ by the United States now seems inevitable.

conceive

More babies are ___(ed) in December than in any other month in the United States.

displace

More than a million people will be ___(ed) as a result of this hydroelectric project.

input

Most of the keys on your computer keyboard are used for ___(ing) all kinds of data.

depression

Most people experience some form of ___ at some point in their lives.

migrate

Most people who ___ from rural to urban areas do so for economic reasons.

automatic

Most public buildings now have ___ doors for people in wheelchairs.

ideology

Muammar Gaddafi used oil funds during the 1970s and 1980s to promote his unique political ___ outside Libya.

random

Musician Frank Zappa once observed that the United States is a nation of laws, which are both badly written and ___(ly) enforced.

implicit

Mutual respect should be considered an ___ part of any discussions between the Government and the Opposition.

grade

My daughter always gets good ___(s) at school, but my son's marks are usually pretty average.

consent

My parents ___(ed) to let me go to Quebec on a class trip with my French class.

nevertheless

My salary is pretty low, but ___ I really enjoy what I'm doing.

medicine

My sister is studying ___ at university, and is planning to become a surgeon.

federate

On December 2, 1950, the United Nations passed a resolution to ___ Eritrea with Ethiopia, leading to over 40 years of conflict.

volume

Our sales ___ has increased significantly since last year.

aggregate

Our society is often described as an ___ of individuals, rather than a unified group.

sector

Raises in the public service are needed in order to bring salaries in line with those in the private ___.

whereas

Parrots, most famous of all talking birds, rarely learn a vocabulary of more than twenty words, ___ other less known birds learn up to 100.

capability

Part of the function of schooling is to enhance the ___(ies) of the individual, particularly the ability to reason.

advocate

Peace ___(s) held a demonstration in front of the British Embassy to protest the government's involvement in the conflict.

fund

Pension ___(s) play an important role in the stock market in this country.

equate

People don't always ___ their purchases of cheap goods with the continued exploitation of those workers who produce them.

liberal

People living in the urban areas of the country generally seem to have more ___ views than those in the countryside.

rational

Perico is much more ___ than Anatole, so his co-workers value his advice a lot more.

portion

Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated that the only gift is a ___ of thyself.

logical

Red was considered the ___ choice to mean stop for traffic signals because it has long been associated with danger.

ceaseless

The ___ noise of traffic is one of the worst things about living in the downtown core.

investment

Providing proper education for our children is simply a good ___ for the future of our country.

validate

Psychologists say that we like others who share our beliefs and attitudes because they ___ these values, which further convinces us that our values are the best ones.

inhibit

Research suggests that sugar may ___ the body's immune system somewhat.

decontextualised

Research suggests that the ___ learning of vocabulary is not sufficient to allow a student to truly know and be able to use a word.

He couldn't work for a long ________ of time.

period

license

Secret agent James Bond had a special ___ which allowed him to kill in the service of his government.

specifically

She bought the dress ___ for her high school graduation ceremony.

commitment

She broke up with her boyfriend because he didn't seem to want to make the ___ to having a serious relationship.

publish

She has ___(ed) a number of important papers in a leading medical journal.

reluctant

She has been ___ to get into a relationship with a guy ever since her last boyfriend dumped her.

journal

She has published a number of important papers in a leading medical ___.

unintelligent

She is certainly not ___ - it's just that this is not really the kind of work she is used to.

supplement

Some corporate sponsorships are necessary to ___ public funding for the festival.

vehicle

Some scientists suggest that the entire enterprise of life can be viewed as simply a ___ for the transformation of water.

emigration

Some studies suggest that if current rates of ___ from Belarus continue, there will be no Jewish community left in that country within about 20 years.

civilized

Someone once noted that ___ man has marched across the face of the earth and left a desert in his footprints.

incline

Sophie has always been artistically ___(d), and is hoping to study graphic arts.

levy

Taxes should not be ___(ed) without the authority of Parliament.

monitor

The ___ connects to the video port.

ideological

The ___ differences in the party have resulted in divisions that may actually result in an eventual split.

ultimate

The ___ goal of this course is to make you fluent in English.

margin

The Nile is the world's longest river by a large ___ over the world's number two longest, the Amazon.

imply

The President's visit to countries with terrible human rights records could be seen as ___(ing) an acceptance of those countries' policies.

unpredictability

The ___ of grizzly bears makes them the most dangerous animal in North America. You can never be sure what they will do if you come in contact with them.

coordinator

The ___ of the English Language Program is responsible for managing the budget and all personnel during each three-month session.

reconstruction

The ___ of the Twin Towers in New York City will be an important symbol in the fight against terrorism.

expansionism

The ___ of the great empires throughout history has generally led to the destruction of local cultures.

grade

The ___ of the hill we cycled up was 14%. It was a total killer.

drama

The ___ of the hostage crisis has been at the top of the news nightly for a week.

implementation

The ___ of the new policy has gone quite smoothly.

restoration

The ___ of the old theater is expected to cost over a million dollars.

refinement

The ___ of the process has resulted in a marked increase in efficiency.

practice

The ___ of using child labor is all too common in many parts of the world.

proportion

The ___ of women in the teaching profession is traditionally much higher than that of men.

ultimate

The ___ source of all life is simply water.

empirical

The ___ support for their hypothesis was done at a number of different European institutions.

prime

The ___ suspect in the murder of a local woman has been freed due to a lack of evidence.

logical

The ___ way to reduce the number of cars on the road would be to make mass transit more attractive.

physical

The ability of modern science to describe the internal structure of the moon is based on a variety of ___ observations.

reactor

The accident at the nuclear ___ in Chernobyl caused terrible damage to the region.

passively

The accused murderer listened ___ to the testimony of the witness as she described the attack on her friend.

deviate

The actors were given permission to ___ slightly from the script, provided they stayed in character.

automatic

The bank robbers were carrying powerful, ___ weapons.

integral

The basic beliefs of Christianity are an ___ part of the values of many people in this country.

ultimatum

The boss gave him an ___; quit drinking or be fired.

confinement

The child killer was being kept in solitary ___ for his own protection.

cite

The couple ___(d) irreconcilable differences as their reason for a divorce.

shift

The crowd was getting restless, and people started ___(ing) in their seats.

layer

The destruction of the ozone ___ is a serious environmental problem.

revolution

The discoveries of Albert Einstein began a technological ___ that has generated more change in a century than in the previous two thousand years.

detector

The kids wandered around the beach with a metal ___, looking for lost coins, watches and stuff.

sector

The government is forecasting economic growth in the medicine and high-tech ___(s) as a result of this new legislation.

utilities

The government is planning to nationalize ___ such as electricity and oil, in order to control prices and production.

conduct

The little boy blew up the entire school while ___(ing) an experiment in the chemistry lab.

comprehension

The mathematics course I took was totally beyond my ___, so I had to drop out.

unresolved

The matter was left ___ because we didn't have any more time to discuss it further.

clause

The membership voted to insert a ___ which stated that a simple majority of 51% will be sufficient in the future.

drama

The movie is a ___ about a woman searching for her children.

statistic

The nation of Burma has been described as data poor, and official ___(s) are often dated and inaccurate.

expert

The psychiatrist was called as an ___ witness to testify at the trial of a man who killed his family, but was claiming insanity as his defense.

The characters were dressed in full ________ costume.

period

depressingly

The story sounded ___ familiar to Janet.

duration

The street has been blocked off for the ___ of the festival.

convince

The students gave a ___(ing) argument for doing their presentations in groups rather than individually.

generator

The sun is the ___ and maintainer of all life and all life processes on our Earth.

subsequent

The supervisor has announced that our first staff meeting will last for two hours, and ___ meetings for only one hour.

positively

The suspect was charged with murder after being ___ identified by the principal witness in the case.

visualization

The team's goaltender has been using ___ techniques where he sees himself stopping the ball, in order to get ready for each game.

ensure

The team's victory in this tournament has ___(d) them a place in the Olympics next year.

incidence

There has been a noticeable drop in the ___ of crime in the area since the teen center opened up.

occurrence

There have been several ___(s) of sightings of UFOs in this area over the last few days.

I know I can _____ on you to deal with the problem.

rely

indefinitely

The visit has been postponed ___.

substitution

The visiting team made a last-minute ___ to their line-up for the game.

resolute

The voters perceive him as a decisive and ___ international leader who has no problem making fair decisions.

violation

The vulnerability of children makes them frequent targets of human rights ___(s).

accumulations

The weatherman is forecasting local snowfall ___ of three to four inches tomorrow.

exploit

The young man was able to ___ the old woman's illness by getting her to pay him large sums of money to clean and maintain her home.

abandon

The young woman was arrested for ___(ing) her baby after the infant was found alone at a bus station.

ambiguity

There can be no ___ over the right of people to say what they believe.

analogy

There can be no ___ to a nuclear war: it is totally beyond all human experience and comprehension.

unpredictable

This job is quite ___. Sometimes I stand around doing nothing for hours, and other times I'm just about run off my feet.

exploitation

Tunisia is rich in mineral wealth, but its ___ of this resource is a relatively new industry.

It offers the widest _____ of antiques in a one day market.

selection

behalf

Veteran's Day is a time to remember those who have fought on ___ of the United States in various wars.

coordinate

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin once remarked that music ___(s) the mind, body and spirit.

infer

We ___(ed) from the fact that Jonathon didn't answer when asked if he had cheated on the test, that in fact he had.

grade

We are ___(ing) the essays on a scale of one to ten.

bulk

We buy our carrots in ___ because they are much cheaper that way.

assure

We can ___ you that your grandmother will be well taken care of here.

In the introduction to his book, the author had two whole pages of _____.

acknowledgments

formula

We had to memorize about 20 different ___(s) for the math test.

draft

We have ___(ed) a proposal for the development of a new marketing campaign.

implement

We have decided to ___ the committee's suggestions in full.

prospect

We have no ___ of buying a home in Huntington on the salary I make.

submissions

We have received over 20 ___ for our project from different companies across the country.

objective

We have to base our students' marks on ___ measures, such as test results.

definitive

We haven't received a ___ answer yet as to whether Sophie has been accepted into art school.

financial

We hired a ___ advisor to help us organize our company a bit better.

computer

We just bought a new ___ which is much faster, and has way more memory, for less than half the price of the old one.

enable

We just got a wireless connection, ___(ing) us to use the Internet from any room in the house.

subsidize

We live in government ___(ed) housing, so our rent isn't too high.

sustain

We need food and water in order to ___ life.

coordinate

We need the latitude and longitude ___(s) of your ship in order to locate you more quickly.

framework

We need to draw up a ___ for payment of our debts before they become too big.

coherent

We need to sit down and develop a clear, ___ plan for dealing with our current financial difficulties.

complement

We put up some new drapes to ___ the living room furniture.

core

We really need to get to the ___ of the problem.

accommodation

We were able to find cheap ___ in the heart of Athens, and spent a week there visiting the city.

undiminish

We were badly beaten in the final, but the children left with their enthusiasm ___(ed).

definitely

We will ___ be at your wedding. We wouldn't miss it for the world.

clarification

We will need some ___ from the head office before we can sign the contract.

compile

We will need to ___ a lot more responses to our questionnaire before we can draw any conclusions from the information.

quote

We're looking at two different ___(s) for painting our apartment.

likewise

Well, I'm going to go home, and you should do ___. It's late and we have a big test tomorrow.

She is not only beautiful but also very _____.

stylish

prioritize

You have a lot of different things to do in this job, so it is important to ___ your tasks to make sure the most important things are done first.

react

You shouldn't mix chemicals together in science class unless you know how they will ___.

appendix

You will find information on some of the sources for this book in ___ four.

insert

You'll need to ___ another two dollars to continue your long-distance call.

devotion

Your ___ to your job is admirable, but remember, there are other things in life apart from work.

irrelevant

Your age is ___—what matters is whether you can do your job.

unanticipate

Your budget should include a certain percentage for ___(d) costs.

unjustify

Your criticism of the project is entirely ___(ied). It is going very well and should be very profitable.

prospect

Your job ___(s) will improve considerably if you can upgrade your computer skills.

utilization

Zig Ziglar once said that success is the maximum ___ of the ability that you have.

registration

___ for fall programs begins on August first.

cumulative

___ foreign direct investment in Hungary totals more than $23 billion since 1989.

notwithstanding

___ his dislike of crowds, he seemed to enjoy himself immensely at the concert.

despite

___ its large size, the grizzly bear is amazingly fast, reaching speeds of over 35 miles per hour.

revelations

___ of corruption in government have led to calls for a public inquiry.

albeit

___ of very small size, Portland's local arts community is thriving.

radicalism

___ seems to have diminished at many universities, and students nowadays seem more concerned about what kind of soft drink is sold on campus than about political matters.

objectively

___ speaking, I would have to say that my son is not the best player on the team.

tension

___(s) in the region are high following this latest terrorist attack.

The software allows parents to see which sites their children have ________.

accessed

Eddie Higgins _____ her on all the songs on her new CD.

accompanies

Stress _____ change of any sort.

accompanies

He sang "Happy Birthday" to piano _____.

accompaniment

Strawberries make a good _____ to ice cream.

accompaniment

Ken agreed to _____ me on a trip to Africa.

accompany

One can never trust the _____ of weather reports.

accuracy

This is the most _____ description of the killer we have.

accurate

We require grammar and spelling to be _____.

accurate

He worked hard to _____his goals.

achieve

They collect blood samples for ______.

analysis

You have to take _____ of the property into account.

appreciation

Robinson first approached him about the job in late September.

approach

As autumn __________, the plants and colors in the garden changed.

approached

He __________ the front door.

approached

The bank has __________ the situation in a practical way.

approached

There are two __________: spend less money or find a new job.

approaches

Professional car drivers race at speeds __________ 200mph.

approaching

I looked around and _________ the situation.

assessed

Students must pass all of their final __________ in order to graduate from this program.

assessments

For a long time the painting was _____ to Rembrandt.

attributed

He had most of the _____ of a really great reporter.

attributes

The ________ stopped more than 100 cars Friday.

authorities

Hard work can lead to a high salary and a position of ________.

authority

The experience created a very special _____ between us.

bond

He held firm opinions which usually _____ with mine.

conflicted

__________ apple juice needs to be mixed with water or else it is too sweet to drink.

concentrated

I don't like being in _____ with people.

conflict

The two armies are engaged in a military _____.

conflict

The lamp _____ to new safety standards.

conforms

Bill Gates is famous not only for his wealth but also for his _____ to charity.

contributions

Old buses are major _____ to pollution in cities.

contributors

Some countries have forbidden the sale of his _____ new book.

controversial

The proposals have caused _____.

controversy

A gun is a ________ weapon; anthrax is not.

conventional

Most frozen food products can be heated in a microwave or a ________ oven.

conventional

The old-fashioned man wanted to marry a respectable woman with ________ opinions.

conventional

Men still wore their hair short and dressed ________.

conventionally

I waited for her to finish a telephone _____.

conversation

What you do for a living is critical to where you settle and how you live - and the _____ is also true.

converse

Luke sat directly behind the pilot and _____ with him.

conversed

Some people mistake politeness for weakness; _____, many see it as a sign of strength.

conversely

He agreed to _____ with the police investigation.

cooperate

The UN has been _____ with the State Department.

cooperating

The police stressed the importance of the public's _____ in the hunt for the robbers.

cooperation

Sony is a multinational ________.

corporation

Corporate means relating to business ________.

corporations [BUSINESS]

Family _____ are different not only from culture to culture but even from family to family.

dynamics

He __________ to Ingwold.

cycled

The changing of the seasons is a __________ process.

cyclical

The quiet country roads are ideal for __________.

cycling

The number of staff has _____ from 217,000 to 114,000.

declined

Studies have _____ the link between what we eat and the diseases we may suffer from.

demonstrated

They have _____ their ability to work together.

demonstrated

The _____ of visas to international workers has caused public protests.

denial

The government issued official _____ of its involvement in the murder.

denials

She _____ both accusations.

denied

The military cannot _____ prisoners access to lawyers.

deny

Turkmeni is a _____ of Turkish spoken in Turkmenistan.

derivative

Many people _____ pleasure from helping others.

derive

The name Anastasia is _____ from a Greek word.

derived

He's the most _____ imaginative jazz musician of our time.

dynamically

He had a talent for _____.

design

Sony is famous for its _____ of electronics.

design

They drew up the _____ for the house.

design

They wanted to _____ a machine that was both attractive and practical.

design

Unjustified ________ against any group of people is morally wrong.

discrimination

There is a large fireworks ________ here every July.

display

Old soldiers proudly ________ their medals.

displayed

The parents were invited to see ________ of their children's work.

displays

Caring for newborn babies is difficult, even for parents who use _____ diapers.

disposable

Do you have this information at your _____?

disposal

Please use the garbage cans outside for the _____ of waste.

disposal

It is important to follow the safest ways of _____ of nuclear waste.

disposing

Engineering and technology are _____ from one another.

distinct

He draws a _____ between art and culture.

distinction

There are obvious _____ between the two areas.

distinctions

The _____ smell of gas was coming from the garage.

distinctive

Country-western music is considered _____ American.

distinctively

I _____ heard the loudspeaker calling passengers for the Washington-Miami flight.

distinctly

We didn't understand how difficult it was to _____ a national paper.

distribute

Please collect all of the _____ papers.

distributed

They _____ free tickets to young people.

distributed

He had a business of producing _____ flyers.

distributional

Spain's largest _____ of food products recently hired a thousand new employees.

distributor

The university wanted a _____ group of students, so they advertised in various countries.

diverse

The company's troubles started when it _____ into new products.

diversified

Recent measures have not __________ discrimination in employment.

eliminated

She spoke about the new republic that _____ in October 1917.

emerged

_____ groups plan to hold public protests during the conference.

environmental

Unfortunately, consumers must pay a high price for _____-friendly goods.

environmentally

They have not been _____ to these diseases.

exposed

Water levels fell and _____ the wrecked boat.

exposed

We have already _________ contact with the museum.

established

Developing the ability to control and use fire was a crucial step in the _____ of human beings.

evolution

A tiny airline eventually _____ into Pakistan International Airlines.

evolved

They do not __________ the possibility of hiring a foreigner.

exclude

The academy __________ women from its classes.

excluded

The university __________ women from its classes until 1968.

excluded

The new airport will __________ the development of tourism.

facilitate

The former president served as a __________ for the negotiations.

facilitator

The dormitory had exceptionally clean kitchen and bathroom __________.

facilities

Exercise is an important _____ in maintaining physical and mental health.

factor

The employees asked for more __________ working hours.

flexible

Best friends are the _____ of my life.

foundation

The professor was given money to perform his study by the National _____ for Educational Research.

foundation

Daisaku Ikeda _____ Soka University of America.

founded

The criticisms are _____ on facts as well as on beliefs.

founded

The young couple was looking for inexpensive _____ furniture, not anything fancy.

functional

The prison is now _____ normally.

functioning

On weekdays, one third of the living room _____ as workspace.

functions

Several celebrities hold private _____ after the Academy Awards.

functions

It's nearly dark, and _____ it's going to rain.

furthermore

She made some general comments about the male _____.

gender

Women are sometimes denied opportunities because of their _____.

gender

The bomb seriously _______ at least five people.

injured

The scientist was praised for his constant desire to ________ and experiment.

innovate

Technological ________ is very important to business.

innovation

We must be aware of the important issues that face us all, for _____, global warming.

instance

She is good at working in ____.

isolation

The country improved its __________ security.

internal

We need to fight terrorism both ________ and abroad.

internally

Have you read the latest _____ of "Scientific American"?

issue

Job satisfaction is the _____ for me, not money.

issue

We _____ the children in everything we do as a family.

involve

The case _____ people at the highest levels of government.

involved

Running a household _____ lots of organizational skills.

involves

The most valuable _____ on show was a Picasso drawing.

item

The other _____ on the agenda is sales.

item

As a prisoner, he had the _____ of moving heavy rocks.

labor

Her _____ was long and difficult.

labor

We all _____ our behavior in different situations.

modify

Every business owner wants highly _____ employees.

motivated

They are _____ by greed.

motivated

His poor performance is caused by lack of _____.

motivation

Students are more likely to succeed if they have parental _____.

motivation

Mathematics deals with _____ numbers, such as -1.

negative

The news from overseas is very _____.

negative

When someone asks for your views, don't be _____.

negative

This change will _____ affect the result over the first half of the year.

negatively

He used five _____ in 53 words.

negatives

I am really turned off by _____.

negativity

He is the creator of a Spanish-language television _____.

network

In business, it is important to _____ with as many people as possible.

network

Many people are worried about the existence of _____ weapons.

nuclear

It's ________ he's worried about us.

obvious

________ I'll be disappointed if they don't come, but it wouldn't be a disaster.

obviously

I was looking for an _____ which was enjoyable.

occupation

Mining is a dangerous _____.

occupation

The _____ of Poland by Germany lasted from 1939 to 1945.

occupation

There is an _____ debate on the issue.

ongoing

Some people have found new jobs recently, but there has been an _________ rise in unemployment since the economy started struggling.

overall

You'd better put on a pair of these old ________ if you want to help me work on the car engine.

overalls

The baseball season __________ with the Olympics.

overlapped

When the bag is folded, the bottom _________ one side.

overlaps

In order to save time, the two countries agreed to have ________ talks between their foreign ministers.

parallel

Remsen Street is ________ with Montague Street.

parallel

His remarks ________ those of the president.

paralleled

Stress is widely _____ as a cause of heart disease.

perceived

Why do people _____ in ignoring the problem?

persist

Skill comes only with practice, patience, and _____.

persistence

Years after they had been rescued, the former prisoners had _____ fears of torture.

persistent

Despite occasional booms in the economy, the country has suffered _____ high unemployment.

persistently

Contact your doctor if the cough _____.

persists

Remember to keep things in _____.

perspective

The company has identified 60 ________ customers.

potential

This is a ________ dangerous situation.

potentially

Discussions between the main parties _________ the vote.

precede(d)

The two countries have agreed to start the peace _____ as soon as possible.

process

We are in the _____ of working out the details.

process

We attend the meetings and in the _____, we learn new words and phrases.

process

The fish are _____ by freezing, canning, and smoking.

processed

It is important to _____ the idea that war is a bad thing.

promote

He was _____ to general manager.

promoted

He was given a _____ to general manager.

promotion

The objective of the mission was the _____ of democracy.

promotion

The hostages suffered physical and ________ abuse.

psychological

It was very important ________ for us to succeed.

psychologically

She is seeing a ________.

psychologist

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand the ________ of murderers.

psychology

She opened the box and looked at her _____.

purchase

The company will today announce the _____ of two radio stations.

purchase

The average age _____ is between 35 and 55.

range

Sadly, people who were _____ by their parents often reject their own children.

rejected

Be prepared for lots of _____ before you get a job.

rejections

They _____ heavily on the advice of their professional advisers.

relied

In order to get away from the noise of Manhattan, Ted moved to a ________ area of Maryland.

residential

SUA is a four-year ________ university.

residential

It is important to have shoes with thick _____ when walking over broken glass.

soles

We need a _____ plan for reducing crime.

strategic

The army was careful to protect _____ important roads.

strategically

The coach _____ with his team before their game.

strategized

Do you have a _____ for solving this problem?

strategy

The army was heavily armed, but shortcomings in _____ cost them the war.

strategy

I've got one of the most _________ jobs there is.

stressful

Your feet are _____ made up of 26 small bones.

structures

He has strong feelings about _____.

style

His thick blond hair was _____before his trip.

styled

Children have different learning _____.

styles

She recovered _________ to go on vacation with her family.

sufficiently

Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic ________ equipment.

surveillance

Columbus took a ________ of America upon his arrival there.

survey

They conducted a ________ to see how students study.

survey

He stood up and ________ the room.

surveyed

The area was ________ in detail.

surveyed

They ________ 211 companies for the report.

surveyed

We examined the ________ maps of the Queen Alexandra Range.

surveyor's

For her people, she is a _____ of freedom.

symbol

The rose is an Irish _____.

symbol

What's the chemical _____ for oxygen?

symbol

The president's trip is of _____ importance.

symbolic

Even if you didn't like its plot, you must admit that it was a ________ brilliant movie.

technically

Such an event is __________ possible but highly unlikely.

theoretically

Darwin's _______ of evolution is accepted by most but not all.

theory

He taught us music _________.

theory

In ________ I'm available day and night.

theory

There was a ________ that he wanted to marry her.

theory

I was _____ to the book department.

transferred

They have begun the _____ of a bedroom into an office.

transformation

The railroad _____ America.

transformed

The country is currently undergoing the _____ from dictatorship to democracy.

transition

Many doctors are caught in the _____ stage between the old and new methods.

transitional

Most teenage romances are _____.

transitory

E-mail and other forms of electronic data __________ are now a part of everyday life.

transmission

John was careful not to get bitten by mosquitoes since they _________ disease to humans.

transmit

The game was __________ live.

transmitted

There has been a recent _____ toward part-time employment.

trend

A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the _____.

trigger

Stress may be a _____ for these illnesses.

trigger

Mary __________ to clean up the kitchen.

volunteered

No one ___________ any information.

volunteered

I need two _________ to help me move these tables.

volunteers

The company announced an arrangement _____ employees may choose when to start work each morning.

whereby

Food shortages are __________.

widespread


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