lesson 1
if someone or something ____ you, they take your attention away from what you are doing.
distract(s)
if someone ____ something such as a country, business, or organization, he or she takes responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
administers
to ____ someone or something to a particular place means to keep that person or thing from leaving or spreading beyond that place.
confine
if you ____ in doing something, you continue to do it, even though it is difficult or other people are against it.
persist
____ ideas and ____ pieces of art based on general ideas rather than specific people or things.
abstract
if you say that something is ____, you are saying that its ridiculous or that it doesn't make sense.
absurd
if you ____ a plan or an idea, you suggest it.
propose
if you ____ an event, you say ahead of time that it will happen.
predict
if you ____ that something bad or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
admit
if you ____ something, you get rid of it because you no longer want or need it.
discard
if you ____ someone who trusts you, you do something that hurts or disappoints that person.
betray
if you ____ a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that you or others can refer to it in the future.
record
if you are ____, you are so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly.
distraught
if something is ____, you can hear, see, or taste it clearly.
distinct
when you ____ to something that is done or said, you react to it by doing or saying something yourself.
respond
if you ____ one thing with another, you show or tell about the differences between the two things.
contrast
Feeling completely ____ after failing the exam, she tried to ____ herself with ____ art, but had to ____ that nothing could ease her pain.
distraught, distract, abstract, admit
After realizing the plan was utterly ____, the general ____ his previous orders and decided to ____ the failed strategy, making it ____ that a new approach was needed.
absurd, discarded, administer, distinct
During the meeting, Tom hesitated to ______ to the criticism, worried that anything he said might ______ his teammates’ trust; instead, he chose to ______ a compromise and not ______ the discussion to just one point of view.
respond, betray, propose, confine
Even though the experiment was difficult, the students decided to ______ with their efforts, carefully ______ each result in their lab notebook so they could later ______ the outcomes and ______ them with their original hypothesis.