1. Though environmentalists have targetedsome herbicides as potentially
dangerous, the manufactures, to theenvironmentalists’ dismay, _____ the use of
these herbicides on lawns.
2. Contrary to the antiquated idea that theeighteenth century was a _____ island
of elegant assurance, evidence reveals thatlife for most people was filled with
uncertainty and insecurity.
3. Certain weeds that flourish among ricecrops resist detection until maturity by
_____ the seedling stage in the rice plant’slife cycle, thereby remaining
indistinguishable from the rice crop untilthe flowering stage.
4. Paradoxically, England’s colonization ofNorth America was _____ by itssuccess: the increasing prosperity of the coloniesdiminished their dependence
upon, and hence their loyalty to, their homecountry.
5. Because it has no distinct andrecognizable typographical form and few
recurring narrative conventions, the novelis, of all literary genres, the least
6. Because time in India is conceivedstatically rather than dynamically,
Indian languages emphasize nouns rather thanverbs, since nouns express the
more _____ aspects of a thing.
7. The prime minister tried to act but theplans were __ by her cabinet.
8. He had expected gratitude for hisdisclosure, but instead he encountered _____
9. Although ordinarily skeptical about thepurity of Robinson’s motives, in
this instance Jenkins did not considerRobinson’s generosity to be _____
consideration of personal gain.
10. Because the report contained much moreinformation than the reviewers
needed to see, the author was asked to submita _____ instead.
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