Feb 22, 2009 Volume 5 -- Daily Life in China, #3(30)

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1. The ______ constructed at the beginning of the seventh century followed the outline of this area.
2. It is nevertheless the case that precision of vocabulary and of chronology was one of the earliest _______ of Chinese civilization, and from the time when the empire was established, in the third century B.C., administrative necessities imposed the need for a similar precision in numerical calculations.
3. There is a striking contrast between the spacious planning of the wide thoroughfare that cut right across the city, the monumental character of the walls and the gates, the _______ of the official _______ and of the temples, and the narrowness of the alleyways and chaotic overcrowding of the poorer districts.
4. This makes it easy to understand the frequency and ______ of the outbreaks of fire and the ______ that were taken to fight them.

A) edifices
B) splendor
C) ramparts
D) triumphs
E) measures
F) gravity

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edifice:
a building, esp. a large, imposing one.
• figurative a complex system of beliefs

splendor:
magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur
• ( splendors) magnificent features or qualities

rampart:
noun (usu. ramparts)
a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
a defensive or protective barrier.

verb [ trans. ] (usu. be ramparted) rare
fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

triumph:
noun
1 a great victory or achievement
• the state of being victorious or successful
• joy or satisfaction resulting from a success or victory
• a highly successful example of something
2 the processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome.

verb [ intrans. ]
1 achieve a victory; be successful
• rejoice or exult at a victory or success
2 (of a Roman general) ride into ancient Rome after a victory.

measure:
verb [ trans. ]
1 ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size
• be of (a specified size or degree)
• ascertain the size and proportions of (someone) in order to make or provide clothes for them
• ( measure something out) take an exact quantity or fixed amount of something
• estimate or assess the extent, quality, value, or effect of (something)
• ( measure someone/something against) judge someone or something by comparison with (a certain standard)
• [ intrans. ] ( measure up) reach the required or expected standard; fulfill expectations
• scrutinize (someone) keenly in order to form an assessment of them
2 consider (one's words or actions) carefully
3 archaic travel over (a certain distance or area)

noun
1 a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose
• a legislative bill
• archaic punishment or retribution imposed or inflicted on someone
2 a standard unit used to express the size, amount, or degree of something
• a system or scale of such units
• a container of standard capacity used for taking fixed amounts of a substance.
• a particular amount of something
• a standard official amount of an alcoholic drink as served in a licensed establishment.
• a graduated rod or tape used for ascertaining the size of something.
• Printing the width of a full line of type or print, typically expressed in picas.
• Mathematics a quantity contained in another an exact number of times; a divisor.
3 a certain quantity or degree of something
• an indication or means of assessing the degree, extent, or quality of something
4 the rhythm of a piece of poetry or a piece of music.
• a particular metrical unit or group
• a bar of music or the time of a piece of music.
• archaic a dance, typically one that is grave or stately
5 ( measures) [with adj. ] a group of rock strata.

gravity:
1 Physics the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.
• the degree of intensity of this, measured by acceleration.
2 extreme or alarming importance; seriousness
• seriousness or solemnity of manner

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C) ramparts
E) measures
B) splendor
A) edifices
F) gravity
D) triumphs