She wrapped the blanket around herself and nestled into the big, cozy chair in front of the hot fireplace. She opened a book, took a sip of hot tea, and sighed happily. Amy felt so ___ in her warm home on this cold and rainy Saturday evening.

The hunter stood silent and still as he waited for the animal to come within sight. He lifted the crossbow as he heard it get closer to his hiding spot behind the tree. “Finally, this is it!” he thought, excitedly. Then, suddenly, he put down his bow. How disappointing! The animal was a buck; and unfortunately it’s not buck-hunting season. The law stipulates that only  ____ can be hunted this time of year.

Justin rubbed his bare hands together quickly and blew hot air from his mouth into them. It’s freezing outside and he forgot his gloves. His fingers are growing ____ by the second. If he doesn’t get indoors soon, he’s going to need medical attention.

On Wednesday nights when you walk through the west side of the city, the sidewalks are lined with bags of garbage and all sorts of household ____ that residents no longer want in their homes.

During the trial, he prosecutor loudly ____ when the defense attorney cross-examined the state’s witness in a disrespectful manner.

The car accident gave Jocelyn a different ___ on her driving habits.  She decided never to talk on her cell phone in the car again.

Sometimes, lawyers have a hard time maintaining a(n) ___ between a professional argument and a shouting match.

Millions of Americans drink coffee to ___ their work performance in the morning.

It comes as no surprise that a student’s level of self-confidence ___ directly to his or her performance.

This company has employees from many different ___.  Our cultural diversity is our strength, and it shows in our flexible customer service.

What do the letters in EASY stand for?

Context clues

When you visualize to remember a word, it’s helpful to

The signal words that most likely indicate a synonym is coming up are

Some signal words that most likely indicate an antonym is coming up are

One makes an inference by

Why is it more important to focus on what you know than on what you don’t know?

The root of the word dislocation is

The suffix of the word unjustly is

Which of the following uses the word knife in a connotative way?

A mnemonic is a

Which of the following uses the word shield literally?

I’ve never been very interested in fancy words. When my professor waxes poetic, I find him almost impossible to understand.

“Sustainability” sounds good for the environment, at least when you hear about it in the classroom.  But what about the actual praxis of sustainability? Can we really get businesses and the public to buy into it?

The Scottish highlander advanced menacingly, raising his claymore. The startled tax collector backed away and tried to block with his walking stick, but the double-edged blade sliced through the wood as though it were butter.

Last summer, Jelecia taught herself to read poetry by looking “beyond” the words. She learned to let author’s words transport her to an experience or to show her a new way of seeing ordinary things. Since then, she thinks of reading more as an imagistic process than as the simple sounding-out of words.

If they are going to build more nuclear missiles than we have, what is our response going to be? Just keep in mind that, in politics, escalation is a dangerous game.

It did little to assuage his guilt, even when Jack found out that the other driver had been intoxicated when she’d run the red light.

Really good writing does the impossible. It expresses the ineffable.

First, my philosophy professors told us to think of knowledge as more than just “information.” He said that knowledge consists not just of facts but also of abilities. Then, he asked which we would rather become, a repository of information or a repository of knowledge?

She appeared to be dead, but her lackluster features betrayed the fact that her blood had been drained in last night’s attack. If we don’t act fast, she’s going to becoming a vampire.

Tea normally tasted little better than tap water to Jacki, but this blend had a robust flavor.  She might start drinking this every morning instead of coffee.

My circumstances are not really that dire, but I do need a little money to make rent.

The captain of our ship circumscribed the island on the map and then changed the ship’s course to try and find it.

It is through the agency of air that the aroma of a flower can reach your nose.

Unctuous substances, such as cooking oil or motor oil, can be dangerous in the work place.  If these substances are spilled on the floor of a kitchen or a garage, they can lead to someone slipping and falling.

Before their professor helped them develop critical thinking (skills like analysis, evaluation, induction, time management, and argumentation), the students seemed like terribly docile citizens. For example, they found it hard to question the laws of their own country, even when those laws exploited them or discriminated against them.

Should we practice adherence to the exact words of a law or to the intention of a law? And if we choose to follow the intention, how do we truly know what that intention is?

Be careful not to use too many adages in your writing. Your reader is probably more interested in your own words than in someone else’s words who’s long dead.

There are many examples of activists who transcend the boundaries of their own race, sex, or sexual orientation. Alan Alda, for example, as an actor and as a writer, has been a strong male proponent for women’s rights.

Baron Rudolph made many peaceful overtures to the local baroness: gifts of grain, two offers of an alliance, protection and shelter to all pilgrims from her land, and even invitations to celebrate holy days at his castle. As a result, when she marched her army across his land, the troops did not burn his crops as they had done to all the other territories.

As we looked at the close-up images of Mars, we noted convoluted surface patterns next to many of the mountain ranges. The swirling, rippling shapes seemed to suggest that water had once flowed on the surface.

garner:_______________________________________________________________

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