____________ 2. beyond the ordinary; remarkable

____________ 3. reward; special offer; bonus

____________ 4. a large fleet of warships

____________ 5. a temporary agreement to stop fighting, often followed by a signed peace treaty

6. If you get lost in Europe, ask a friendly ____________ for directions.

7. The aging mother had been ____________ to a nursing home, where she died a few months later.

8.The bank would not lend the money to the young couple unless the promissory note was ____________ by one of their parents.

9. Turnips and beets are ____________ plants, but most of them are harvested during the first year of their life cycle.

10. Although we did not know it at the time, the grim reaper had passed by and left the ____________ of death upon her.

____________ 2. before the Civil War

____________ 3. the entry showing something owed in an account

____________ 4. assisting, supporting (often in a subordinate capacity)

____________ 5. harmony; agreement

6. From the vernal ____________ in March until the autumnal ____________ six months later, days are longer than nights.

7. Is it any wonder that young people surrounded since birth by fighting and killing become ____________ and join gangs?

8. The Brazilian victory by "kick off" seemed an ____________ outcome to a game in which Brazil had dominated Italy throughout.

9. Steelworkers who construct bridges and tall buildings are cut from the same mold as circus ____________.

10. Two of the heirs complained bitterly about the ____________ distribution of the old man's wealth.

____________ 2. a plane figure having four sides

____________ 3. supreme authority

____________ 4. an Indian village built of adobe (a kind of clay) and stone, formerly common in the southwestern United States

____________ 5. the masses, the common people

6. One country cannot assume ____________ responsibilities ad infinitum; world order demands reciprocity.

7. No one is perfect, and no one has a monopoly on ____________.

8. Honest people are understandably distraught when their ____________ is called into question.

9. The invariable occurrence of one phenomenon immediately after another does not in and of itself establish a ____________ relationship between the two phenomena.

10. Once his boss had granted him the necessary ____________, John unleashed his creativity and his productivity increased fourfold.

____________ 2. true; real; actual

____________ 3. to put into action; to move to act

____________ 4. the action of someone or something; means (that by which something is done)

____________ 5. to give up, hand over to another; to transfer ownership (to)

6. Representatives of several humanitarian organizations ____________ with the governor in behalf of the condemned man.

7. Some of the best fishing lakes in northern Minnesota are, for all practical purposes, ____________ only by air.

8. No witness could be found to ____________ that the defendant had been at the scene of the crime.

9. The Versailles Treaty was a tragic ____________ of the rise of Adolph Hitler.

10. The hurricane ____________ a heavy toll of the town: three dead and millions of dollars in property damage.

____________ 2. to infer something without sufficient proof; guess

____________ 3. stopping and starting at intervals

____________ 4. written message; letter

____________ 5. death; transfer of sovereign power by death or abdication

6. The basic tool of deductive reasoning is the syllogism, which has a major ____________ (e.g., all fish live in water), a minor ____________ (e.g., a carp is a fish), and a conclusion (therefore a carp lives in water).

7. In December of 1860 South Carolina became the first state to ____________ from the Union.

8. To receive the "free" record, it is necessary to ____________ $10.95 for postage and handling.

9. Investors saw no reason to panic; there was little chance the _____________ would develop into a depression.

10. The moon ____________ no light of its own but simply reflects the light of the sun.

____________ 2. characterized by extraordinary increment or growth

____________ 3. the placing of a word or words immediately after another word having the same grammatical function so that the latter explains the former

____________ 4. a public disclosure of wrongdoing

____________ 5. explanatory (having the nature of writing or speaking that explains)

6. She hoped that her visit would not be seen as a(n) ____________.

7. During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was ____________ and executed.

8. The speaker ____________ his ideas about the importance of mythology in the modern world.

9. The repressive government has ____________ yet another tax on the already destitute population.

10. Most dealers plan to attend the international ____________ of computer software in the fall.