Used alloyed, comprehend, comprised, cower, empathize, formidable, homogeneous, partisan, ponderous, and wary to complete these sentences. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
1. Winston Churchill wrote of the fascination people have for "the tiny things, the sharp agate points, on which the PONDEROUS balance of destiny returns."
2. Meeting people in desperate situations can help us EMPATHIZE with them.
3. The universe is so vast that the sheer size of it is difficult to COMPREHEND.
4. One critic said that the music in the opera "The two women" was HOMOGENEOUS "sounding much the same whether depicting winter or summer, a cry of love or a cry of pain."
5. The trek to climb the top of Mount Kilimanjaro is a(n) FORMIDABLE challenge; only those in excellent physical condition should attempt it.
6. The prisoners of war refused to COWER before their captors; they stood tall and would not break,
7. PARTISAN politics was set aside as the politicans came together in a show of unity and support.
8. According to the available information, the latest release will be COMPRISED of songs for a number of well-known artists.
9. Investors are justifiably WARY of investing in unpredictable markets that have seeming random and unexplained swings.
10. My joy was ALLOYED with sorrow; the two emotions intermingled
All of your answers are right. :-)
Your sentences are mostly correct! However, there are a few minor corrections that need to be made for a few words:
1. Correct! No correction needed.
2. Correct! No correction needed.
3. Correct! No correction needed.
4. Instead of "homogeneous" as an adjective, use "comprised":
"One critic said that the music in the opera "The two women" was COMPRISED 'sounding much the same whether depicting winter or summer, a cry of love or a cry of pain.'"
5. Correct! No correction needed.
6. Correct! No correction needed.
7. Correct! No correction needed.
8. Instead of "comprised" as an adjective, use "composed":
"According to the available information, the latest release will be COMPOSED of songs from a number of well-known artists."
9. Correct! No correction needed.
10. Instead of "alloyed" as a verb, use "mixed":
"My joy was MIXED with sorrow; the two emotions intermingled."
Overall, well done! You have used the words correctly in the sentences.