Category : Science and Education
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apathy JMy friend is so apathetic he sits on the couch all day and watches tv. JMy parents were worried about my apathy and had me get a physical. JOur dog showed signs of ___?___ for several weeks after the next door Jneighbor's dog died; I never realized they were so close. apparition apathy assessment attribute JEven in humans, after the loss of some close, it is natural to feel Jsomewhat apathetic, indifferent. Thus, the dog was showing signs of JAPATHY. JDroves of voters stayed away from the voting booths yesterday, a sure Jsign of the general ___?___ in this city. arrogant assassin asterisk apathy Jnoun lack of interest, concern, or spirit; indifference; lack of feeling J lack of emotion; impassiveness J Jadj apathetic; adv apathetically J apparition JHer grandmother keeps saying she sees an apparition at the foot of the Jstairs. Several strange apparitions were seen at the seance. JDale must have encountered a(n) ___?___ last night for he's as white as Ja ghost and his body shakes like he's got Saint Vitus's dance. applicable arrogant apparition autonomous JSome who looks as "white as a ghost" and is nervously shaking all the Jtime has probably seen, encountered something frightening. Thus Dale Jprobably saw an APPARITION, a ghost or a phantom. JMy mother screamed when she saw the ___?___ at the window but it turned Jout to be Father who was trying to get her attention. assessment asterisk belligerent apparition Jnoun a ghost; a phantom; an appearance seen suddenly; an unusual or J unexpected sight; phenomenon; a ghostly figure J Jnoun apparitions Jadj apparitional applicable JThe National Geographic special would be applicable to your report. JI doubt the applicability of your suggestions in this situation. JYour suggestions for fund raisers are not very ___?___ since no one has Jmoney to spend on raffle tickets, bingo parties, or gambling. autonomous attribute apparition applicable JSince people don't have the money to spend on the usual fund raising Jactivities, perhaps these ideas aren't really APPLICABLE or appropriate Junder these circumstances. JI kept saying that my father's excuses for not letting me have the keys Jto the family car were not ___?___; but he refused to give me the keys. applicable arrogant assessment belligerent
Jadj suitable to be applied; appropriate; relevant J J Jnoun applicability J arrogance JSam's arrogance upset everyone since he had nothing to be proud of. JShe arrogantly strode into the room dressed like a peacock. JThe submarine commander's ___?___ infuriated his officers since he would Jnot listen, much less take, the suggestions they had to offer. apathetic assess arrogance attribute JWhile it's true that the commander is the one in charge, it still befits Jto at least listed to what his subordinates have to offer; but in this Jcase, his ARROGANCE won't even let him listen to other's suggestions. JAfter winning the beauty contest, she ___?___ walked into the room full Jof reporters and refused to talk to any of them unless they bowed first. arrogantly autonomously belligerent apathetically
Jnoun overbearing pride; a lack of regard for others; a feeling of J superiority shown in overbearing manner J Jadj arrogant; adv arrogantly J assassinate JJohn Wilkes Boothe is known as Abraham Lincoln's assassin. JYou should be ashamed at your attempt to assassinate Betsy's reputation. JThere is nothing more devastating on a country's morale and leadership Jthat a presidential ___?___; we have learned this through history. assessment assassination arrogance belligerence JAny country is devastated after the sudden and unexpected loss of its Jleader through an ASSASSINATION. We have certainly learned this several Jtimes in our history, i.e., Kennedy, Lincoln, and others. JThe girl's enemies were trying to ___?___ her good character by spreading Jvicious lies about her in school. belligerence arrogant assassinate attribute Jverb to murder by sudden or secret attack; to injure or destroy J unexpectedly and treacherously; kill J Jverb assassinates, assassinated, assassinating; noun assassin Jnoun assassination assess JMy father disagreed the city's assessment of the house and he filed for Ja hearing. I must assess the situation before making a decision. JThe city had already sent someone out without our knowing it and he J___?___ the new room addition at three times what it actually cost. assessed apathy arrogant asterisk JWhenever an addition or improvement is made to a house or business, the Jcity is always interested because that means more tax dollars once the Jhouse or place of business is ASSESSED, evaluated.
JI disagreed with the teacher's final ___?___ of my research paper for I Jfelt it was worth much more than the C- he gave it. autonomous assessment attribute applicable Jverb to determine the rate of charge or the amount to be paid; to set a J value on for taxation; to evaluate; to estimate J Jverb assesses, assessed, assessing; noun assessment Jadj assessable asterisk JThe asterisk at the end of the sentence indicated a note at the bottom Jof the page would explain the meaning. JSome books indicate that a word is defined at the bottom of the page by Jplacing a(n) ___?___ at the end of the word. apathy apparition assassin asterisk JIn such cases, what appears at the end of the word will either be a Jnumber or an ASTERISK, star, indicating to look below for the definition Jor more information. JA small ___?___ on the timetable indicates that this train does not run Jon Saturday or Sunday, which is why the train never appeared. attribute autonomous asterisk assessment Jnoun a star-shaped mark (*) used in printing (often to indicate a J footnote) J Jnoun asterisks J attribute JMany successful people attribute their success to years of hard work. JThe sheriff will attribute the murder to the Don, the local Mafia chief. JKevin has always ___?___ his A English papers to his girlfriend Rhoda Jwho spends weeks on each assignment for him while he does nothing. apathetic assess attributed arrogant JAs far as Kevin is concerned, he doesn't worry about any English Jassignment since his girlfriend does them for him; at least he has JATTRIBUTED, given credit to, Rhoda. JSo innocent people do not get blamed for the town's power failure last Jweek, the mayoral committee has ___?___ the cause to the heavy rainfall. apparition applicable belligerent attributed Jverb to credit or assign to; to think of as belonging to or coming from J a particular person or thing; to give as the reason or cause Jnoun a characteristic or trait; quality Jverb attributes, attributed, attributing Jadj attributive autonomous JAs you grow older, you will become more autonomous and less dependent on Jothers. Several small African countries have been granted autonomy. JThe tiny island declared itself to be a(n) ___?___ nation, free of any Jrestraints by its previous ruling country, Great Britain. applicable assassin assessed autonomous JGreat Britain must have controlled this island's government until the Jcountry declared itself to be AUTONOMOUS, independent, free of Britain's Jinfluence. JThe grand jury investigating the bribery scandal in City Hall has declaredJthe Mayor to be innocent; they have ___?___ reached this conclusion. autonomously attributed arrogant applicable
Jadj self-governing; independent; self-contained; free; J undertaken or carried on without outside control J Jnoun autonomy Jadv autonomously belligerent JThe belligerent second grader was always being sent home for fighting. JTonya's belligerence was probably caused by an unhappy home life. JIraq showed the world its ___?___ when it attacked the small country of JKuwait and ultimately destroying the country. apparition arrogant attribute belligerence JFor the record, Iraq did invade and destroy Kuwait; and so it showed the Jworld its BELLIGERENCE, it quarrelsomeness. "Arrogant" might have been a Jpossible answer, but the form needed would be "arrogance." JThe three large dogs ___?___ growled at each other, circled each other, Jand looked like they were ready to fight; but they're really cream puffs. assessed belligerently autonomous asterisks Jadj warlike; ready to fight; quarrelsome J J Jadv belligerently Jnoun belligerence, belligerent, belligerency