abhor                    JSally abhors her little brother since he's always bothering her and her   Jfriends.  Many people were sickened by the abhorrences of the Nazis.      JFred's parents were shocked and dismayed when he announced he was going   Jto see the new movie about that ___?___ person Freddie Kreuger.           abrasive                 abhorrent                affected                 adversarial              JFred's parents must not think too highly of Freddie Kreuger with his      Jrazored fingers and probably consider him a "hateful" person; thus the    Jcorrect answer is ABHORRENT, hateful or repugnant.                         JThe police looked at Jason's psychiatrist with shock when he said that    JJason shouldn't be ___?___ since he's only a lost soul wanting friends.   accessible               addicted                 affected                 abhorred                  Jverb  to hate; to detest; to regard with extreme repugnance: loathe       J(adj)  hateful; repugnant                                                 J                                                                          Jverb  abhors, abhorred, abhorring; adj  abhorrent; adv abhorrently        Jnoun  abhorrence; abhorrer                                                abrasive                 JSam's big brother has an abrasive personality since he thinks he's always Jright about everything. I hurt her with my abrasive remark.               JSandy dreads going to Mr. Zepps chemistry class since he always directs   Jvery ___?___ remarks at her whenever she tries to give an answer.         acclaimed                abrasive                 affecting                accessible               JThe remarks must be pretty irritating else Sandy wouldn't dread (fear)    Jgoing to this class; thus they must be ABRASIVE.                          J                                                                           JAt one time my big sister was very ___?___ but now that she's matured     Jand mellowed, she's quite nice to be around and is always pleasant.       abhorring                acknowledged             abrasive                 advocating                Jadj  tending to wear down in spirit; irritating                           J                                                                          J                                                                          Jnoun  abrasiveness                                                        J                                                                          accessible               JThere were four accessible entrances to the zoo but all were busy.        JI selected this book to read since it was the most accessible for me.     JThe Smiths' garden is ___?___ from the street, the alley, and, of course, Jfrom the house itself.                                                    accessible               acclaimed                advocating               affected                 JSeeing that the garden can be reached three different ways (the street,   Jthe alley, and the house), it must be easily ACCESSIBLE. Remember that    Jaccessible means, basically, easy to get to or use.                       
 JBecause I had waited until the last minute to read WAR AND PEACE, I       Jdiscovered that the book wasn't ___?___ since the library was closed.     abhorrence               abrasively               addicted                 accessible                Jadj  obtainable; usable for access; easy of access; usable for access     Jaccess  noun:  permission, liberty, or ability to enter or make use of    J        or pass to and from                                               Jnoun  access; accessibleness; accessibility                               Jadv   accessibly                                                          acclaim                  JSusan Bell was elected President of the Senior Class by acclamation.      JThe dancers won acclain for their performance in the park.                JThe Orioles, after winning twenty in a row, returned home to great        J___?___ from the entire city.                                             accessible               acclaim                  abhorrence               acknowledged             JAny team would deserve applause and praising after winning twenty games   Jin a row; thus they returned to ACCLAIM. Remember that acclaim means      Japplause or praise.                                                        JAfter numerous ___?___ from the Mayor, the principal, the teachers, and   Jthe students, the honor roll student finally admitted to having cheated.  acclamations             abrasiveness             adages                   adversaries              
 Jverb  praise; applaud                                                     J                                                                          J                                                                          Jverb  acclaims, acclaimed, acclaiming                                     Jnoun  acclamation; acclaimer                                              acknowledge              JThe committee has acknowledged your right to first prize in the contest.  JAfter several arguments, the teacher acknowledged my answer was correct.  JEven though I consider myself to be a mature adult, I readily ___?___ the Jexistence of Santa Claus when my children ask about him.                  affect                   addicted                 accessible               acknowledge              JMany parents, even though aware that Santa Claus doesn't exist, would haveJa difficult time explaining that to their very young children. Thus, they Jreadily ACKNOWLEDGE, admit that he really exists.                          JOnly after I received the committee's official ___?___ that I had won     Jfirst prize in the contest did I begin to celebrate and have a party.     addiction                acknowledgement          addicted                 acknowledge               Jverb  to own or admit knowledge of; to recognize the rights, authority,   J      or status of; to recognize as valid or genuine                      Jsyn   acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess                              Jverb  acknowledges, acknowledged, acknowledging; adj  acknowledgeable     Jmoun  acknowledgment or acknowledgement; adv  acknowledgedly              adage                    JI'm tired of hearing the adage "Haste makes waste."                       JMy smart aleck brother throws adages around like they were waste paper.   JThe ___?___ of Confucious, a wise, old man, are often quoted by           Jknowledgeable people to prove a point.                                    affections               adversaries              acclaims                 adages                   JConfucious was a very wise man and his wise sayings are often quoted by   Jmany people, knowledgeable or not; thus his sayings are considered        JADAGES, wise sayings.                                                      JMy mother always says, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," whenJI ask for something new; but I never understand that ___?___.             abhorrence               adage                    acknowledgement          abrasiveness              Jnoun  a familiar saying; an old saying; a proverb                         J                                                                          J                                                                          Jnoun  adages                                                              J                                                                          addicted                 JWith my craving for sweets, I have become addicted to gummy bears.        JMy addiction to comic books was known by anyone who knew me.              JMy mother refused to acknowledge that she had a(n) ___?___ for her own    Japple pie, even though she made and ate two of them each and every day.   abrasiveness             acknowledgement          addiction                advocated                JSome who makes and then eats two apple pies every day, no matter how      Jgood, must have an ADDICTION for them. Mom habitually and compulsively    Jconsumes two a day.                                                        JBetsy adamantly refuses to admit that she is a(n) ___?___ even though you Jnever see her anywhere without a Milky Way bar in her hand.               abhorred                 accessible               addict                   affected                  Jadj  devoted to something habitually or obsessively; compulsively         J     devoted                                                              J                                                                          Jverb  addict, addicts, addicted, addicting; noun  addiction               Jadj   addictive                                                           adversary                JDuring World War II, our chief adversaries were Germany and Japan.        JMy only adversary is my stubbornness.                                     JNo one in their right mind would want Freddie Kreuger as a(n) ___?___.    J                                                                          affected                 adversary                acclaimed                accessible               JAnyone who knows Freddie Kreuger and the "claws" would do whatever        Jpossible to steer clear of him and thus would no want him as an ADVERSARY,Jan enemy or opponent.                                                      JMilton Krumper, the most popular and well-liked student in this school,   Jwas surprised to discover that he had one ___?___ in the senior class.    adversary                advocate                 adages                   accessible               
 Jnoun  enemy; opponent; one who contends with, opposes, or resists         J                                                                          J                                                                          Jnoun  adversaries (plural)                                                J                                                                          advocate                 JSome legislators are advocating stricter abortion laws.                   JWhen I had to go to court, I was forced to hire an advocate, a lawyer.    JThe governor of our state is going to ___?___ very stringent measures in  Jthe storage of any nuclear waste.                                         affect                   advocate                 addicted                 accessible               JThe governor, realizing the potential danger of nuclear wastes, wants to  JADVOCATE, recommend, support harsh measures for dealing with them.        J                                                                           JWhen the little boy had to report to the principal for fighting in his    Jclassroom, he brought along his mother as his ___?___.                    abrasive                 adage                    affected                 advocate                  Jverb  to plead in favor of; support                                       Jnoun  one that pleads the cause of another: counselor; one that defends   J      or maintains a cause or proposal                                    Jverb  advocates, advocated, advocating; noun  advocator, advocation       J                                                                          affected                 JThe salesman spoke in an affected voice trying to impress us.             JThe senator affectedly spoke to a small crowd who didn't believe him.     JNo one except Tom could see Kia's ___?___ at the student council meeting  Jfor we all assumed she was as sincere as the rest of us.                  affectation              accessible               acclimation              adversary                JBecause we realized, thanks to Tom, that Kia was not at all sincere at ourJmeeting, we knew of her AFFECTATION, her insincerity. She was "putting    Jon" an affected air.                                                      
 JMany of had told him not to be so ___?___ at all times because no one     Jcould tell if he was serious or not, sincere or not.                      abrasiveness             accessible               addicted                 affected                  Jadj  influenced; stirred emotionally; speaking or behaving in a false way J     to make an impression; assumed artificially or pretended: pretended  J                                                                          Jadv  affectedly                                                           Jnoun  affectation (a phony attitude; insincerity