DURING WWII, THE US, ENGLAND, AND THE SOVIET UNION WERE ALLIES, FORMING A(N) ____ TO OPPOSE GERMANY, JAPAN, AND ITALY.
What is COALITION
100
IT IS THE JOB OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER TO __ ON BEHALF OF ANY DEFENDANT WHO CANNOT AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
What is INTERCEDE
200
EXCESSIVE SELF-INDULGENCE
What is DECADENCE
200
marred by years of DECAY
What is DECADENCE
200
DIRECT STATEMENTS that caused much damage
What is INNUENDOES
200
POLITICAL LOBBYIST REGULARLY __ WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO PERSUADE THEM TO SUPPORT OR REJECT PARTICULAR POLICIES.
What is EXPOSTULATE
200
BEFORE A MISSION, THE ASTRONAUTS CONDUCT SOME OF THEIR TRAINING IN SPECIAL MACHINES THAT ___ ZERO-GRAVITY CONDITIONS THAT THEY WILL ENCOUNTER IN SPACE.
What is SIMULATE
300
TO ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE SOMEONE FROM SOME COURSE OR DECISION BY EARNEST REASONING
What is EXPOSTULATE
300
based on NARROW-MINDED attitudes
What is PROVINCIAL
300
a truly ORIGINAL story
What is HACKNEYED
300
ON A SWELTERING SUMMER'S DAY, EVEN THE CATTLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET SOME COMFORT BY RESTING IN THE ___ OF A TREE.
What is UMBRAGE
300
THE POLICE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO __ A CONFESSION FROM THE SUSPECTS, BUT THE LATTER CONSISTENTLY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME.
What is EXLICIT
400
TO QUIET OR CALM
What is ASSUAGE
400
distracted by the IRRITABLE student
What is PETULANT
400
cited for DISCREDITABLE service
What is MERITORIOUS
400
IT IS THE FUNCTION OF GENIUS TO __ THE ORDINARY, THE COMMONPLACE, AND THE EXPECTED AND TO LEAVE US BREATHLESS IN WONDER AT ITS ORIGINALITY.
What is TRANSCEND
400
CLICHES SUCH AS "SMART AS A WHIP" AND "COOL AS A CUCUMBER" ARE __, STALE EXPRESSIONS, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO AVOID THEM IN YOUR WRITING.
What is HACKNEYED
500
PALE OR SALLOW IN COLOR
What is LURID
500
the PRIVILEGES of membership
What is PREROGATIVES
500
had a COSMOPOLITAN outlook
What is PROVINCIAL
500
IT IS BECOMING RARE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE TO GIVE ___ TO REQUESTS FOR INCREASED FINANCIAL AID.
What is APPROBATION
500
SERIOUS ILLNESS FORCED A(N) ___ IN HER EDUCATION; HOWEVER, SHE RECOVERED QUICKLY AND RETURNED TO SCHOOL WITH MORE FOCUS.