I'm thinking the most banal thing in the world: I am thinking that I don't want this to happen. John Green -- Paper Towns

The underlined word means

Simon's voice had been so blithe, so ___________, so completely ordinary.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire

Which version of the word best fits in this sentence

Nearby a white heron posed regally on one leg, in the same tree where the boys had hung their shoes before swimming to the derelict boat. Carl Hiaasen Hoot

Which of the underlined word's definition best fits the sentence?

We want to put those derelict buildings to better use. Cormac McCarthy The Road

What part of speech is the underlined word?

A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.

Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

The best synonym for the underlined word is

There was something diabolically sweet in her tones, something of the tinkling of glass when struck, which rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another.

Bram Stoker -- Dracula

What part of speech is the underlined word?

Stupid and cunning, ruthless and magnanimous-and that there must be some dominating factor that reconciles his two natures.

Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders

The underlined word means

Ford's father, magnanimously waving aside the clouds of suspicion that had inevitably settled around him, came to live on Betelgeuse Five, where he both fathered and uncled Ford;

Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The underlined is what part of speech?

He only knew that Ender had beaten him, and then rubbed his nose in it by being ______________.

Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

Which version of the word best fits the sentence

'Yes, Fairy, told us what?' echoed Juliet belligerently, still a bit miffed over the mesmerizing.

Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

The underlined word means

'Yes, Fairy, told us what?' echoed Juliet belligerently, still a bit miffed over the mesmerizing.

Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

The underlined is what part of speech?

She walked obliquely away across the grass as though trying to get rid of him, then seemed to resign herself to having him at her side.

George Orwell -- 1984

What part of speech is the underlined word?

To say it was incredible was to obliquely recognize the existence of credibility and that was nearly impossible.

Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum

Which definition for the underlined word works best?

Dorothea quietly persisted in spite of remonstrance and persuasion.

George Eliot -- Middlemarch

What part of speech is the underlined word?

I cannot see you acting wrong, without a remonstrance.

Jane Austen -- Emma

Based on the word remonstrate, the underlined word means?

She might object, _______________, shed tears, talk of his being too old, and plead that her life would be rendered miserable.

Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby

Which version of the word best fits in the sentence?

They must circumvent arid Nature exactly as I circumvent sordid Man.

Collins, Wilkie -- No Name

Which definition best fits the underlined word?

What were the trivial, sordid, and selfish feelings that kept her in tumult compared to this welling emotion?

Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon

What part of speech is the underlined word?

Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues!

Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby

Which of the definitions for the underlined word makes the most sense?

I let every juicy morsel of anger and bitterness well up inside me, making no attempt to stanch any of it.

Homer Hickam -- October Sky

What part of speech is the underlined word?

Down below me, Boney put her fingers between her eyebrows as if _____________ a headache.

Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl

Which version of the word best fits the sentence?

He was still clutching the sword of Gryffindor, and wore a strange look: half truculent, half intrigued.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The underlined word means

This beastly, incorrigible _____________ comes from your mother, Hera, whom I keep but barely in my power, say what I will.

Homer -- The Iliad

Which version of the word best fits the sentence

A truculent little budgie waited until I nearly trod on her before flitting away.

Kenneth Oppel -- Airborn

What part of speech is the underlined word?