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- riot
- a great and seemingly disorder quantity of something
- jubilee
- The school marked its (________) with a banquet for graduates from the past fifth years.
- provocative
- Calling forth anger, amusement, or thoughfulness; trying to cause a response
- riot
- As the crowd of townspeople (_____________), the British soldiers opened fire.
- riot
- public disorder or violence
- abdicated
- When Edward VIII (_______) the trone in 1936, his younger brother became king of England
- riots
- The 1992 (_______) in Los Angeles continued for several days.
- hoisted
- The sailors (________________) the sails as we left the harbor.
- riot
- to take part in a disorder
- provocative
- You were being (_____________) when you kep asking the same question over and over.
- dominates
- The Sears Tower (___________) the Chicago skyline.
- assume
- to pretend to have
- pardon
- To free from legal punishment
- reign
- to rule as a king or queen
- provoked
- Senator Biden's comments (____________) laughter in the audience.
- assumed
- Everybody (__________) I was pressident.
- abdicate
- to give up a high office
- hoist
- to lift or raise especally usin a rope
- pardon
- to forgive
- pardon
- The act of forgiving or freeing from legal punishment
- kin
- She celebrated her 90th birthday with all her (____) around her.
- reigned
- President Clinton (_____________) as U.S. President for 8 years.
- reign
- To be widespread
- assume
- We cannot (__________________) that Mom and Dad will meet us at the station.
- bungle
- to do something badly or without skill
- guardian
- This ferocious dog acts as a (_________) of the property at night.
- dominate
- to rule or control; to have a very important place or postion
- next of kin
- The hospital requires the names of your (_____________________) when you are admitted.
- riot
- Catherine's rose garden is a (_____) of color in summer.
- reign
- The American Revolution occured during the (______) of George III.
- jubilee
- the celebration of an aniversary, especially a 50th anniversary
- assume
- to take for granted; to suppose
- pardon
- Many Americans were angered by President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon.
- pardoned
- Alice (_________) the Red Queen's rude remakr.
- reigned
- Terror (________________) in the streets of Paris during the French Revolution.
- bungled
- Because the shortstop (_____________) the double play, the runner made it safely to first base.
- assume
- to take over; to occuppy
- guardian
- One who legally has the care of another person
- pardoned
- On taking office, President Ford (_______________) ex-President Nixon.
- hoist
- We cannot raise this unwieldy machine without a (_____________________).
- proclaim
- to make known publicly; to announce
- provoke
- to annoy or make angry
- former
- The first of two just mentioned
- kin
- Are you (_________) to the Jordans or are you just a friend of theirs?
- intercept
- The Coast Guard can intercept boats in United States aters to investigate their cargoes.
- kin or kinfolk
- relatives; family
- dominate
- To rise high above
- guardian
- One who protects another.
- guardian
- You need the permission of your parent or (______________) to go on field trips.
- former
- Three (__________) mayors were invited to the dedication of our new city hall.
- proclaimed
- The mayor (________) May 18 a city holiday.
- hoist
- Something that is used to lift, as a crane or pulley
- provoked
- Josh said he took Katie's toys away because she (______________) him with her constant talking.
- intercept
- to stop or seize something while it is on its way somewhere
- former
- Both the crocodile and the alligator are dangerous, but the (__________) is more aggresive.
- next of kin
- the person most closely related to someone.
- dominated
- Elvis (_______________) popular music in America for several decades
- former
- Coming before in time; having been at an earlier time
- assumed
- Brittany (_______________) a look of innocence when asked who had eaten the cookies.
- provoke
- To call forth; to rouse
- kin
- related by birth or marriage