Shooting an Elephant Vocabulary



Shooting an Elephant Vocabulary

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2. I dropped and broke my calculator, but I found another one that should __________ it.

3. Stephanie no longer considered chess a __________ game after DeQuentin taught her some basic moves.

5. Chris __________ an odd obsession with The Dark Knight, having seen it 72 times.

7. British __________ was so widespread in the 19th century that it led people to say, "The sun never sets on the British Empire."

8. The quarterback __________ the defender into defending a run by faking a handoff. Then he threw a long pass.

10. Christians, Muslims, and Jews have all fought one another for __________ over the Holy City of Jerusalem.

12. "Gabriel, you better save me a __________ of that birthday cake. I'm hungry."

13. The once __________ classroom finally appeared usable for instruction and learning, but only after several hours of heavy cleaning.

16. The sniper waited patiently, with finger on trigger, for the target to step into his __________.

17. The outnumbered soldier loaded his last __________ and braced himself to bravely confront the enemy.

18. The sound of the first period bell __________ the start of the school day.

19. The children loved to visit the farm and play hide and seek in its __________ of corn.

20. "Do not mistake me for some __________ of cheap tricks! My powers will leave you breathless!

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1. Students who struggle using __________ grammar will probably feel overwhelmed by the ACT exam.

4. Mr. Raimondi tried to explain to the students the __________ effect of constant tardiness on their grades.

6. Thieves in some countries are __________ as punishment for stealing.

9. After losing the marathon to his archrival, the exhausted, __________ runner needed to be helped to his feet.

11. Organizing against their _________, the factory’s management, the factory workers formed a union, which threatened to strike if its demand for a decent wage was not met.

14. The __________ coach refused to allow his players even a drop of water in the hot summer heat.

15. Critics of President Bush claim that his administration lacked adequate evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, yet he used WMD as a __________ for Iraq's invasion.

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