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allege assert
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Assert means to state with firmness and force, whereas allege means to state without offering necessary proof.
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CA-LGWKSynonyms-6 3. His ______ refusal to talk was sheer stubbornness.
4. The _______ rejection of such initiatives indicates that the rejection voters are unconcerned about environmental issues.
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IV. Make a sentence of your own for each of the given words with meanings other than those used in the text. You may change the part of speech of these words. 1. couple Over-use of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration.
4. We have just been looking at the number of coal mine accidents, and they can certainly be a big ________ constraint on constraint what China is striving for.
financial
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Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. allege prospect ponder compassionate destitution dreadful binge dole recipient discriminated grievously reaffirmation
restraint constraint
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Restraint and constraint are sometimes interchangeable in use, meaning control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do. But restraint can specially refer to calm, controlled, and unemotional behaviour, while constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
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3. Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded dreaded _______ speaking in public. 4. Allegations Allegations _________ of brutality and theft have been leveled at the army. 5. Our government cannot keep doling _____ out money to doling those who are fastidious about the jobs offered to them. 6. He was deeply grieved grieved by the sufferings of the ______ common people. 7. Many studies have shown that "restrained eaters" will binge and relapse. eventually_____ 8. He reaffirmed ________ his commitment to the country's economic reform program.
1. Options are offered subject to staff availability and _________ timetable constraints constraints. 2. Reminding all concerned that violence breeds violence, restraint they repeat their appeal for calm and_______ restraint.
1. We are expecting expecting rain again late this afternoon ________ according to the weather report. 2. A draw seems to be the best they can ____ hope for.
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rejection
CA-LGWKSynonyms-5 refusal
Both words mean the unwillingness to accept, receive, or take into account a person or thing. Rejection refers to the failure to accept or grant and carries overtones of casting aside as useless, valueless or unsuitable, while refusal means the failure to comply with or the failure to do something with overtones of firmness and even ronyms | Filling | Sentences | Grammar | Cloze
expect
CA-LGWKSynonyms-3 hope
Both words pertain to the attitude of looking forward to something that is to occur in the future. Hope suggests looking forward exclusively to some positive or favourable outcome; it may be well-founded in probability or completely beyond the scope of the possible. Expect suggests looking forward either to a positive or to a negative outcome, but the point of this word is that it concerns itself with supposed certainties. Also, the two words fall into different sentence structures: to hope that / or hope to do / to expect something.
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CA-LGWKSynonyms-4 3. I can't manage that by myself, and I don't see why it
should be expected expected of me either. _______ 4. Diplomats hope ____ the meetings will help build mutual trust.
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II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.
1. The _______ rejection of the plan by the Congress three weeks ago led to a major protest by the administration. 2. Their ______ refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.