It is the nature of the wise to ___________ pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
RESIST
100
Music in fact is a __________ language of a non-verbal nature which is rich in expression.
UNIVERSAL
100
She needed all her powers of _______________ to stop herself from slipping on the icy road.
CONCENTRATION.
100
One tends to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the _____________ be true or false.
STATEMENT
100
Those who _________ hearing loss are at a disadvantage, because they are unable to get everyday sound signals.
ENDURE
200
To begin to melt.
THAW
200
Tell someone that something is good and useful.
RECOMMEND.
200
Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on ______________.
INTUITION.
200
Item written in a list, a diary, an account book, etc.
ENTRY
200
One can hardly find any surface water in the desert.
(scarcely)
There is ________________
"scarcely any surface water in the desert".
300
The president has ___________ his foreign minister, Mr. Burns to act as representative to the international conference to be held in Tokyo next month.
AUTHORIZED.
300
Behaving in an angry or threatening way.
AGGRESSIVE
300
People attribute much of his success to his powers of imagination.
(credit)
Much of his success ___________________
"is credited to his powers of imagination".
300
Johnson dismissed ___________ ideas lightly as no good on several occasions.
TRADITIONAL
300
At least 22 pupils were killed when a school building _________ after two days of heavy rainfalls in a northeastern village.
COLLAPSED
400
To disagree with something and try to stop it
OPPOSE.
400
The pupils were quieted at once on the teacher's threat to keep them in after school.
(threaten)
When the teacher____________________
"threatened to keep the pupils in after school they were quieted at once".
400
Alexander was determined not to make any complaints when the nurse was present.
(presence)
Alexander was determined _______________
"not to make any complaints in the presence of the nurse".
400
People are working to increase the use of solar energy now that they have fewer supplies of traditional fuels.
(diminish)
As supplies of traditional fuels _______________
"diminish, people are working to increase the use of solar energy".
400
Feeling of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
SYMPATHY
500
People tend to believe that a person who thinks money will do everything may do everything for money.
(suspect)
"A person who thinks that money will do everything may well
"be suspected of doing everything for money".
500
Their bedroom is pretty small. To make it look larger, they had to construct into a wall wardrobe with mirrored doors.
(build in)
A wardrobe _____________________
"with mirrored doors had to be built in so as to make their small bedroom look larger".
500
Keep something and not lose it.
RETAIN.
500
On June 1, 2000, he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident, which changed everything all of a sudden.
(in a flash)
Everything changed _______________
"in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.
500
When people recall their childhood, the memory of illnesses usually comes up first.
(stand out)
Illnesses ___________