Noughts and Crosses Two. Callum

If you're __________, you're self-possessed and in full control of your faculties. You're balanced, grounded, and ready for action.

Together, the whole system of racial segregation was known as "Jim Crow."

In the sentence above, segregation has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• indoctrination

• separatism

• economics

• development

Someone who is _________ enjoys hurting or embarrassing others. If you're writing a book about good and evil, you'll want to come up with a truly _________ character to do all the bad stuff.

It recently unveiled a new of incentives designed to raise productivity on farms and in factories.

In this sentence, incentives means:

• a voluntary gift made to some worthwhile charity

• a set of rules that provide guidance to appropriate bahvior

• decrease in value of an asset due to wear or use

• additional payment as a means of increasing outputs

I put my hand in my pocket and felt the crackle of thick paper seventy years old, and the new key weighing heavy in the seam of the threadbare woven wool.

In the sentence above, threadbare has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• cozy

• frayed

• odorous

• soft

A __________ is a small shed or dwelling, often messy, cramped, and crudely built, such as a shelter in a refugee camp - or possibly your apartment if you have too much stuff and not enough time to clean.

When liquid things _________, they move with a splash. If you stumble as you're carrying a cup of coffee to the table, your coffee may __________ over the edge of the cup.

A __________ is a small tower that is taller than the rest of the building. The long-haired fairy tale heroine Rapunzel had to stay in a ___________.

It conveys a multiplicity of feelings from happy reverie to wistful misgivings about the future, while the painted face, academically impeccable, is inert.

In this sentence, reverie means:

• an abstracted state of absorption

• a shortage of rainfall

• any unwholesome or desperate condition

• a violent disturbance

An _________ is a unit for measuring area, especially larger areas like farms. An _________ is 4840 square yards.