From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. gauche, banter, motley, docile, emaciated, heresy, libation. The actors gathered in the banquet room after the closing night of the hit play. Sounds of lighthearted _____ filled the room; some of the more _____ performers thought nothing of picking two or more cold _____ at a time from the trays of the servers. The players were still in costumes depicting various cultures and historic eras, and arriving guests paused at the door to take in the _____ sight. The company had just completed its twentieth and final show of a successful run, and the performers were happy to relax. The spirited staff, laughing and carousing, became _____ only when the director raised her hands to quiet the room. Anticipating her words of encouragement, none of the actors suspected that she was about to announce her retirement.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. gauche, anathema, castigate, ignominy, heresy, emaciated, banter. After five years of starvation and torture, the _____ Kwame prayed for death. Hope was a foreign concept to him now; he no longer remembered what it was like to live in the sunlight. When he tried to remember, all he could visualize were the three years of humiliating _____ that preceded his incarceration. He couldn't even remember the faces of his wife and children anymore. The whole thing began when Kwame's brother, a schoolteacher, wrote a letter to a nonprofit agency in the United States to appeal for educational funds. The letter was intercepted, and Sirajul's agents brought the letter to Sirajul himself. The mad dictator declared that any letter that portrayed his reign in a bad light was total _____. Kwame's brother was executed, and then, to make a point, Sirajul _____ and imprisoned the entire family. While dictators like Sirajul were a[n] _____ to virtually anyone in the civilized world, few people had the means to stop them.

What happens after a period of starvation and uncontrolled DM?

What is the energy source for the brain and nervous system after 24 hours of starvation?

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. gauche motley emaciated libation banter docile heresy. The actors gathered in the banquet room after the closing night of the hit play. Sounds of lighthearted _____ filled the room, and some of the more _____ performers thought nothing of picking two or more cold ____ at a time from the trays of the servers. The players were still in costumes depicting various cultures and historic eras, and arriving guests paused at the door to take in the ______ sight. The company had just completed its twentieth and final show of a successful run, and the performers were happy to relax. The spirited staff, laughing and carousing, became ____ only when the director raised her hands to quiet the room. Anticipating her words of encouragement, none of the actors suspected that she was about to announce her retirement.

Which form of business is most likely to attract large sums of capital? (a) sole proprietorship (b) partnership (c) corporation

The meaning of return on invested capital for a corporation is best stated as: (a) A rate-of-return measure that equates the internal and external ROR (b) A measure of how effectively the corporation uses capital funds invested in it (c) The value at which borrowing ROR and investing ROR are equal (d) The external rate of return value is based on total capital invested

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. divulge, gregarious, abet, coerce, temerity, jaundiced, insipid. Jasmine had thought that her irresponsible days of _____ were far behind her until Kayla showed up at her door. After only three days of freedom from the county correctional facility, Kayla had begun her old scheming again. She went to the house to _____ Jasmine into helping her move a truckload of stolen goods to another state-an easy job, she claimed, and virtually no risk. It would even be fun, she claimed. "Let me get this straight. You've been out of jail for three days, and you already want me to _____ you in your scheme to commit a crime? Are you crazy?" Jasmine still had a[n] _____ attitude toward her sister because Kayla, prior to her first sentence, "borrowed" Jasmine's car for a robbery and nearly got Jasmine arrested as a result. "Sorry, Kayla, but I'm quite happy with my _____ , uneventful life. Please leave, and don't come back."

The underlined portion of each sentence below contains some flaw. Select the answer choice that best corrects the flaw. After several attempts to call, Doug still couldn't $\underline{\mathrm{get \ through \ the \ line \ was}}$ always busy. A. get through, the line was, B. get through-the line was, C. get through although the line was, D. get through, and the line was, E. get through because the line was.

The underlined portion of each sentence below contains some flaw. Select the answer that best corrects the flaw. $\underline {\mathrm{Softened \ by \ the \ boiling \ water, \ Ramona \ mashed \ the \ potatoes.}}$ A. Ramona, softened by the boiling water, mashed the potatoes. B. Ramona mashed the potatoes that were softened by the boiling water. C. Ramona mashed the softened potatoes by the boiling water. D. The potatoes softened by the boiled by the boiling water Ramona mashed. E. The potatoes softened by the boiling water mashed Ramona.

The underlined portion of each sentence below contains some flaw. Select the answer choice that best corrects the flaw. $\underline{\mathrm{Lori \ said \ to \ her \ mother \ that \ she \ needed \ to \ buy \ some \ new \ clothes}}$. A. Lori said to her mother that Lori needed to buy some new clothes. B. Lori said to her mother that her mother needed to buy some new clothes. C. Lori's mom wanted to buy herself some new clothes. D. Lori said that her mother needed to buy some new clothes. E. Lori said to her mother that, "She needs to buy some new clothes."

Each set of three points is collinear. Find each missing x - or y -value to the nearest hundredth. $\((0.5,1),(2.2, y),(1.6,4.3)\)$

Complete the table for the radioactive isotope.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{Isotope} & \text{Half-Life} & \text{Initial} & \text{Amount After}\\ \text{ } & \text{(years)} & \text{Quantity} & \text{1000 Years}\\ \ {^{14} \mathrm{C}} & \text{5730} & \text{3 g} & \text{?}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Choose a word to replace the italicized word in each sentence. All of the possible choices for each sentence have similar definitions, but the correct answer will have a connotation that best suits the context. For example, the words "delete," "destroy," and "obliterate" all mean "to remove or wipe out," but no one would ever say, "I destroyed the name from the document." The correct choice will be the word that has the best specific meaning and does not render the sentence awkward in tone or content. When choices seem close, look for a clue in the context that makes one choice better than the other. Note that the correct answer is not always the primary vocabulary word from the lesson.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{calumny} & \text{havoc} & \text{perfect} & \text{odd}\\ \text{flagrant} & \text{problems} & \text{immaculate} & \text{accusation}\\ \text{disturbing} & \text{daring} & \text{disarray} & \text{tidy}\\ \end{matrix}$$

The treasurer's career spiraled downward after his rival's rumor against him made national news, even though the disgraceful accusation was completely fabricated. Better word; ______