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- 1. (verb) The school __s students (because if they didn’t have students, there would be no school).
- 3. (noun) a career, especially one that you feel that you are supposed to have because of some quality in you, or because you feel that God has called you to it. Her ____ was the priesthood. He pursued his _____ with perseverance.
- 5. (verb that requires a direct or indirect object) We ____ artificial intelligence (not “in artificial intelligence”) We ____ in a school. We _____ in a department of a school.
- 6. (noun) (in music, speech, etc.) the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound. When we are uncertain, we raise the ___ at the end of sentences.
- 8. (verb requiring a direct object) to evaluate a complex thing by checking a lot of details (to estimate or judge the value, character, etc.) We __ complex things like the state of the economy, a situation in a room, the condition of a car, a whole range of things. It is more in depth than simply checking.
- 11. (verb) The school __s students/parents to do things (wear uniforms, do their homework, attend meetings…)
- 12. (verb usually requiring a direct object) to evaluate a smaller less complex thing (to inspect or test the performance, condition, safety, etc., of (something). I will ___ to see if the tire is flat.
- 13. (plural of criterion) I just did a survey about the importance level of the ____ for choosing a job.
- 15. (adjective form of restrain) The prisoner was ___ with handcuffs.
- 17. (verb used with object, often followed by “down”) to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He will ___ the tobacco in his pipe. They were forced to ___ down their emotions until the meeting was over. When we plant a tree, we ___ down the earth around it to prevent erosion and eliminate air pockets from drying out its roots.
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- 2. (verb used with object) 1) to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to ___ the castle. 2) to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak will ___ her person. 3) to include comprehensively: She wrote a book that __es the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.
- 4. (verb) follow, run after, do what it takes to catch. A lion _____s its prey. A police officer ____s criminals.
- 7. (verb always used with “in on” something) to focus in on a part of something. The bees ____d in on the flowers with the most nectar. The team of engineers ____d in on the defects in the machines.
- 9. (adjective form of subdue) He spoke in a ___ tone.
- 10. (verb requiring a direct object) to bring under mental, emotional control. Grodd, the telepathic gorilla (in “The Flash”) will always __ his victims by controlling their minds.
- 12. (noun) a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. I evaluated the students using each __ provided by the school.
- 14. (verb used with object) 1) to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress. I will __ myself so I would not yell at the man. 2) to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like. They decided to __ the wild dog in a cage until they could take it back into the wild.
- 16. (noun) 1) a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: There was a ____ in an argument; a ____ in a machine. The ____ in the carpet was hidden underneath the sofa. The ____s in the products were visible as soon as we opened the packaging. 2) lack or want, especially of something essential to perfection or completeness; deficiency: There was obviously a ___ in his character. The ___s in the government plan led to many people losing their jobs.