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Word bank for the sentences below (words are listed alphabetically): Fill in the blanks with the correct word choice. Some words may require the plural form.

• accidentally, aggression, cadaver, cadence, coincidence, congressman, digress, momentous, motivate, mutiny, progressive, promotion

  1 - In the morgue, two ____________ were placed in the chilled lockers since the autopsies could not be perfomed by the forensic medical examiner until tororrow.

  2 - Graduation is a ____________ time in a person's life as one phase ends and another one begins.

  3 - It was just by ____________ that the two travelers happened to meet first on a bus, then by train and then finally again as the plane headed for Australia.

  4 - Do you know the name of your ____________ who is an elected official of the legislative body of the United States which includes the Senate and House of Representatives?

  5 - As a teacher, it is my primary objective to ask questions which will ____________ and interest my students.

  6 - My teacher lectured with ____________ in a voice smoothly modulated and gently inflected so that all of us really enjoyed her classes.

  7 - Our teacher wisely cautioned us not to ____________ when we wrote our thesis on Tuesday because we only had the 50 minutes of classtime in which to write.

  8 - George's little sister was distracted by the puppy's antics and, unfortunately, ____________ knocked over a glass which splashed liquid onto the carpet.

  9 - Often, car manufacturers can launch a succesful sales ____________ through advertising and discounting.

  10 - The verbal ____________ displayed by the neighbors (who feared encroachments on their property) was rude, excessive and totally uncalled for behavior.

  11 - The Dr. explained somberly that the ____________ disease was rapidly destroying the patient's's entire immune system.

  12 - In the classic film, " ____________ on the Bounty", don't the sailors revolt against their intolerant, dogmatic captain?

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  ANSWERS: 1 - cadavers; 2 - momentous; 3 - coincidence; 4 - congressman; 5 - motivate; 6 - cadence; 7 - digress; 8 - accidentally; 9 - promotion; 10 - aggression; 11 - progressive; 12 - mutiny

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