WORDS IN CONTEXT
WORDS IN CONTEXT 2
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE CHECK
100
Years of ......... activities resulted in Gene's being sentenced to serve a life term in prison.
............. is Illicit
100
Let's go over to the construction site and watch the crane ................. the beams into place for the new skyscraper.
............... is Hoist.
100
To spread or scatter widely; distribute
Disseminate
100
Diverge
To branch of in different directions from the same starting point; to become different, to seperate
100
The map .............s my belief that just before the lake, the highway .............s into two roads, which go off in opposite directions.
Corroborate; Diverge
200
Giving a child up for adoption has become a subject of debate. Should the mother be allowed to change her mind, or should her decision be ...............?
............... is Irrevocable.
200
Many insects lay eggs that remain ............... all winter and do not hatch until spring, in the warmer weather.
.............. is Dormant
200
to lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable, to raise
Hoist
200
Charlatan
A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge, a con artist.
200
Rocky was briefly involved in a gang. Then his ........... conscience woke up, and he realized he really didn't want to engage in ............... activities.
Dormant; Illicit
300
The discovery that Elliot had been setting fires ............(e)d his parents' decision to send him to a child psychologist.
................ is Precipitate.
300
The brothers' paths ............(e)d greatly. One became a famous lawyer, and the other ended up in jail for armed robbery.
................ is Diverge
300
Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep, not active
Dormant
300
Precipitate
to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected, to bring on
300
When the movers tried to ............. our piano to a second-floor window, a cable broke, and the piano crashed onto the sidewalk. We know the damage was inadvertent, but our decision to sue the moving company for negligence is ................
Hoist; Irrevocable
400
What would be the best way to ..................... information about the next school board meeting? It's important for all parents to attend.
............. is Disseminate
400
In the days of the Wild West, .................s sold "snake oil" as a remedy for everything from baldness to insanity.
................ is Charlatan.
400
not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible, not reversible
Irrevocable
400
Corroborate
to confirm; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of, to support
400
Employees were ordered not to ............. any information about the fire at the factory; the news might scare off stockholders and .......... bankruptcy.
Disseminate; Precipitate
500
The ................. of dandelions in my yard is too much for me to handle. They're growing faster than I can destroy them.
.................. is Proliferation
500
Sid says he saw a flying saucer in the park, but no one else in the area has come forward to .................. his account.
............... is Corroborate.
500
Illegal, unlawful
Illicit
500
Proliferation
a rapid spread or increase
500
After a retirement community was built in Morristown, there was a .............. of .................s in the area, peddling "miracle" cures for all kinds of ills---some of which were not only useless but actually a detriment to health.
Proliferation; Charlatan
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