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  1. "adjourn"
  2. "to end"
  3. "The meeting will adjourn at"
  4. "8 o'clock."
  5. ""
  6. "If Joan has to be back by 6:00, the"
  7. "meeting had better _______ at 5:30."
  8. ""
  9. "benefit"
  10. "to help"
  11. "Eating the right foods will benefit"
  12. "your body."
  13. ""
  14. "All the proceeds from the bazaar will"
  15. "go to _______ the charity."
  16. ""
  17. "clarify"
  18. "to explain"
  19. "* tried to clarify the"
  20. "answer so we could understand it."
  21. ""
  22. "I will do everything I can to "
  23. "_______ my stand on this issue."
  24. ""
  25. "combat"
  26. "to fight"
  27. "The police must combat crime in the"
  28. "cities."
  29. ""
  30. "Batman and Robin work for justice;"
  31. "they ______ the work of hoodlums."
  32. ""
  33. "confide"
  34. "to tell as a secret"
  35. "Girls always confide in their best"
  36. "friends."
  37. ""
  38. "By telling you something very"
  39. "personal, I will _______ in you."
  40. ""
  41. "dally"
  42. "to wait around"
  43. "Come straight home from school; do"
  44. "not dally on the way."
  45. ""
  46. "Jack likes to _____ at the park on"
  47. "the way home from school. "
  48. ""
  49. "deserve"
  50. "to be worthy of"
  51. "You deserve a treat for studying so"
  52. "hard."
  53. ""
  54. "You _______ to be president of our"
  55. "club because you have worked so"
  56. "diligently for the past two years."
  57. "document"
  58. "to furnish written proof"
  59. "You will have to document where you"
  60. "were when the crime took place."
  61. ""
  62. "The certificate will ________ the"
  63. "date of your birth."
  64. ""
  65. "embrace"
  66. "to hug"
  67. "When I get home I will run in and"
  68. "embrace my new puppy."
  69. ""
  70. "I will _______ my grandmother when"
  71. "she comes to see me today."
  72. ""
  73. "endorse"
  74. "to approve"
  75. "John will endorse his best friend"
  76. "for president."
  77. ""
  78. "The fans did not _______ the player"
  79. "for the all-star team this year."
  80. ""
  81. "err"
  82. "to make a mistake"
  83. "Don't worry about your mistake; to"
  84. "err is human."
  85. ""
  86. "No one is perfect; we all ___ at"
  87. "some point."
  88. ""
  89. "exclude"
  90. "to leave out"
  91. "It would not be nice to exclude only"
  92. "one classmate from your party."
  93. ""
  94. "Let's invite all the neighbors; don't"
  95. "_______ anyone."
  96. ""
  97. "hoist"
  98. "to lift"
  99. "The workers will hoist the bricks"
  100. "to the top of the new building."
  101. ""
  102. "Marty is too heavy; we can't _____"
  103. "him up in the tree."
  104. ""
  105. "hurl"
  106. "to throw forcefully"
  107. "* likes to watch the "
  108. "pitcher hurl the ball over home "
  109. "plate."
  110. "Billy has a rock in his hand;"
  111. "I hope he does not ____ it."
  112. ""
  113. "insert"
  114. "to put in"
  115. "John can insert a news item in the"
  116. "school paper."
  117. ""
  118. "Please ______ that letter in the"
  119. "slot for me."
  120. ""
  121. "migrate"
  122. "to move to another place"
  123. "Whales migrate from the Bering Sea"
  124. "to Baja California."
  125. ""
  126. "The Gold Rush caused thousands to "
  127. "_______ to California."
  128. ""
  129. "persuade"
  130. "to win over"
  131. "Let's persuade the teacher not to"
  132. "give us any homework."
  133. ""
  134. "I can always ________ my mother to"
  135. "drive me to the library."
  136. ""
  137. "quibble"
  138. "to argue pointlessly"
  139. "The children always quibble over"
  140. "who can eat the most popcorn."
  141. ""
  142. "Jim and Jon always _______ over"
  143. "which television show to watch."
  144. ""
  145. "rectify"
  146. "to correct"
  147. "It will be necessary to rectify your"
  148. "error."
  149. ""
  150. "My teacher always makes me _______"
  151. "the errors on my test."
  152. ""
  153. "resume"
  154. "to continue"
  155. "* will resume studying "
  156. "for the test."
  157. ""
  158. "After the strike, the workers were"
  159. "able to ______ their jobs."
  160. ""
  161. "shatter"
  162. "to break into pieces"
  163. "The window will shatter if it is"
  164. "hit too hard."
  165. ""
  166. "The hail was the size of golf balls"
  167. "and we worried that it would _______"
  168. "our windshield."
  169. "tamper"
  170. "to meddle improperly"
  171. "The teenager did not want his"
  172. "younger brother to tamper with his"
  173. "car."
  174. "Do not ______ with the inner "
  175. "mechanism of the clock."
  176. ""
  177. "tolerate"
  178. "to put up with"
  179. "My mother will not tolerate much"
  180. "noise."
  181. ""
  182. "The teacher did not ________ any"
  183. "funny business; she threw Kenny out"
  184. "of the class."
  185. "vary"
  186. "to change"
  187. "Your test scores will vary from test"
  188. "to test."
  189. ""
  190. "The starting time will not remain"
  191. "constant; it will ____ from week"
  192. "to week."
  193. "wither"
  194. "to dry up; to shrivel"
  195. "The plants will wither in the"
  196. "hot sun."
  197. ""
  198. "The crops are starting to ______"
  199. "because there has been so little"
  200. "rain."
  201. e plants will wither in the"
  202. "hot sun."
  203. ""
  204. "The crops are starting to ______"
  205. "because there has been so little"
  206.