1He ............... the award for his acts of bravery.
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Use "deserves" for a present general opinion or fact.
2She ............... a new generator that saved the company millions.
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Use "designed" for a completed past action connected with the generator that saved the company money.
3I ............... candy all the time I was dieting.
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Use "desired" for a past feeling during the time when the speaker was dieting.
4After the war, the town was a ............... place.
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Use "desolate" as the adjective before a noun to mean empty, lonely, or bleak.
5Many coastal towns were ............... by the hurricane.
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Use "desolated" as the past participle in the passive form "were desolated".
6I ............... anyone who is cruel to animals.
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Use "despise" for a general feeling in the simple present.
7Do you believe that our destiny is ...............?
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Use the past participle "predetermined" to mean already decided in advance.
8It was the most ............... storm in decades.
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Use "destructive" to describe something that causes great damage.
9He was a desperate criminal on the ...............
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Use "loose" in the fixed expression "on the loose".
10How can you forgive such ............... behavior?
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Use "despicable" to describe behavior that deserves strong disapproval.
11A person of such ............... appetite has no place in our community.
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Use "depraved" to mean morally bad or corrupt.
12Inflation has ............... the country’s currency.
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Use "depreciated" to mean reduced in value.
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- He deserves the award for his acts of bravery.
- She designed a new generator that saved the company millions.
- I desired candy all the time I was dieting.
- After the war, the town was a desolate place.
- Many coastal towns were desolated by the hurricane.
- I despise anyone who is cruel to animals.
- Do you believe that our destiny is predetermined?
- It was the most destructive storm in decades.
- He was a desperate criminal on the loose.
- How can you forgive such despicable behavior?
- A person of such depraved appetite has no place in our community.
- Inflation has depreciated the country’s currency.