Fill in the blanks.
1Her speech was not openly contemptuous, but its ............... were insulting.
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The correct answer is "connotations" because it means suggested or implied meanings.
2All students must ............... to the rules.
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The correct answer is "conform" because to conform to rules means to obey or follow them.
3Every person must live in ............... with their own beliefs.
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The correct answer is "conformity" because in conformity with means in agreement with.
4The patient's unusual symptoms ............... the doctor.
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The correct answer is "confounded" because it means confused or puzzled.
5We must ............... the future with optimism.
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The correct answer is "confront" because it means face or deal with a difficult situation.
6The boy ............... his accuser and denied the charges.
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The correct answer is "confronted" because it means faced someone directly.
7The two friends had ............... tastes.
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The correct answer is "congenial" because it can describe similar or compatible tastes.
8The girl has a warm, ............... disposition.
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The correct answer is "congenial" because it means pleasant and friendly.
9His blindness is ...............
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The correct answer is "congenital" because it describes a condition present from birth.
10Huntington's disease is ..............., although its symptoms usually appear only in adulthood.
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The correct answer is "hereditary" because the disease is passed genetically from parent to child. It is not "congenital", because it is not present at birth, and "congenial" means pleasant or friendly.
11A birthmark is usually ...............
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The correct answer is "congenital" because a birthmark is normally present from birth.
12Do you know for sure, or is it only ...............?
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The correct answer is "conjecture" because it means a guess based on incomplete information.
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- Her speech was not openly contemptuous, but its connotations were insulting.
- All students must conform to the rules.
- Every person must live in conformity with their own beliefs.
- The patient’s unusual symptoms confounded the doctor.
- We must confront the future with optimism.
- The boy confronted his accuser and denied the charges.
- The two friends had congenial tastes.
- The girl has a warm, congenial disposition.
- His blindness is congenital.
- Huntington’s disease is hereditary, although its symptoms usually appear only in adulthood.
- A birthmark is usually congenital.
- Do you know for sure, or is it only conjecture?