From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. mezzanine, dynasty, tribulation, kleptomania, botch, meritorious, ineffable. During preparation for his twenty-first burglary, Simon wondered if, perhaps, he suffered from a type of _____. He had already amassed a small fortune from the sale of stolen art, but he always seemed to need to pull off "just one more job" before he retired permanently. He almost retired involuntarily when he _____ the last job by dropping a statuette of _____ beauty from the _____ of the art museum while fumbling with his night-vision goggles. The relic, which dated back to the Ming _____, shattered when it struck the floor far below.

The Japanese have a popular belief that any defendant who risks his fate on the opinions of untrained laymen in a jury is almost certainly guilty. Do you agree with this contention? Why or why not?

The _________ hurled by the teenager at his mother was loud, angry, and certainly did nothing to _________ his wrongdoing.

As used in paragraph 3 of the first passage, seismograph refers to A. an instrument that alerts people to incoming meteorites. B. an instrument that detects variances in light. C. an instrument that receives worldwide messages. D. an instrument that detects movement of the ground. E. an instrument that measures electromagnetic pulse.

Lang claimed that repayment of the loan would “almost certainly” take over a year and that his agreement with Vollmer was therefore unenforceable because it was not in writing. Is he correct? Explain.

Cite Evidence In lines 94-96, Madison says that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity." How does this premise relate to Madison's main claim about the virtues of representative democracy? What claims in the second half of this publication are based on the premises in this paragraph?

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{renown} & \text{forte} & \text{confute} & \text{brinkmanship}\\ \text{dynasty} & \text{recumbent} & \text{tribulation}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Damian mounted his new ______ bicycle, but he immediately crashed into a light pole because he was not used to sitting back while riding a bike. After a few minutes of ______, though, he was able to ride around in the parking lot without falling down. Damian's friends ______ his decision to spend a lot of money on what they called a novelty item, but Damian was ______ for wasting money on things that sat in the basement and collected dust when he tired of them. His credit card sprees would stop eventually, Damian was bound to lose his game of financial ______, in which he waited to pay his bills until he received threatening notices from the bank.

Sketch the graphs of f and g in the same coordinate plane. $f(x)=e^{x}$, g(x)=In x

Katie determines that the statement $\frac{a b+c}{a}=b+c$ is true for all real numbers a, b, and c. Is she correct? Show or explain your reasoning using proof by contradiction.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. malodorous, negligible, impasse, piquant, concurrent, acumen. since the Soup Olympics and the Champion Cookoff were _____ this year, Kevin had to make two separate batches of his famous seafood bisque. He stayed up all night before the contests, stirring and adding tiny amounts of _____ spices until he felt that the soup was perfect. To an inexperienced taster, Kevin's tiny additions produced _____ changes in the food, but to the judges, Kevin knew, the tiny differences would determine who won and who lost. If the bisque lacked in one particular spice, or if the judge detected the faintest _____ scent from the sample, Kevin would not win first prize.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not he used.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{renege} & \text{precept} & \text{pungent} & \text{notarize}\\ \text{negligible} & \text{acumen} & \text{visage} & \text{erroneous}\\ \end{matrix}$$

Dave could not help noticing Dana's furious _____ as she pulled her sputtering car into his driveway. She parked the car and stomped across the lawn until she found Dave sitting on the porch. "I want my money back," said Daria. "I've had the car for only an hour, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to return the money. This whole episode has left a[n] _______, ugly taste in my mouth." "I'm afraid that your assumption is ______, " said Dave in a smug tone. "The clerk _____ the sales contract; you bought the car 'as-is,' and the transaction is official. You can't ______ on the deal at this point. Besides, it's not my fault that you didn't have the _____ to realize that the car has flaws." Daria clenched her fists, grumbled, and stormed back to the lemon that she had just purchased.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.

$$\begin{array}{llll}\text { renege } & \text { precept } & \text { pungent } & \text { notarize } \\ \text { negligible } & \text { acumen } & \text { visage } & \text { erroneous }\end{array}$$

Dave could not help noticing Daria's furious ..... as she pulled her sputtering car into his driveway. She parked the car and stomped across the lawn until she found Dave sitting on the porch.

"I want my money back," said Daria. "I've had the car for only an hour, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to return the money. This whole episode has left a[n] .... , ugly taste in my mouth." "I'm afraid that your assumption is ..... ," said Dave in a smug tone. "The clerk ..... the sales contract; you bought the car 'as-is,' and the transaction is official. You can't .... on the deal at this point. Besides, it's not my fault that you didn't have the ..... to realize that the car is not what you wanted." Daria made fists, grumbled, and stormed back to the lemon that she had just purchased.

Choose the best answer. Which irrigation method is the most efficient? (a) furrow irrigation (b) spray irrigation (c) flood irrigation (d) drip irrigation

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. nanotechnology, precept, pungent, wunderkind, irrevocable, impasse, concurrent. "Every word is recorded in this laboratory, so use caution, because anything you say will be _____," Dr. Bryant warned Matt as they walked past the _____ department of the robotics research division. Matt was still ecstatic about his new job with Neutrodyne, a world leader in robotic technology. Like many of the research staff, Matt had been a[n] _____ who had completed high school and college by the age of seventeen. Now, at twenty-six, he had a doctorate in physics and was the first choice for recruiters from several major corporations, three of which were government contractors. Matt had decided to take the job with Neutrodyne because he was afraid that he might reach a[n] _____ working for the government if his political views did not support the nature of his assigned research. He wanted the ability to merge his _____ with his career, and Neutrodyne seemed to be the best place to do it.