(81) speculation 

They also amused themselves with the speculation that their ancestor had escaped from the Titanic in women’s clothing.

(82) stance 

Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we’d been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart.

(83) standpoint 

…it was honest and ethical from his standpoint that the child was better off dead.

(84) superstition

There is some kind of popular superstition that crystalline materials are weak.

(85) supposition 

A similar mistake would be the supposition that Indian religious traditions always represent God in terms of impersonal imagery.

(86) suspicion

There was an initial suspicion that this poison had been ingested by our two patients.

(87) tenet

At the same congress Khrushchev profoundly modified Lenin’s tenet that world revolution would come about through inevitable war with the capitalist powers.

(88) theory 

Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time.

(89) thesis 

First, there is evidence to support the thesis that investing substantial public expenditure into declining areas will attract future private investment.

(90) thinking

The feeling that many urban families are dysfunctional contributes to the thinking that schools would have to do it alone.

(91) thought

Maybe he can’t stand the thought that his family is finally happy.

(92) understanding

Yet her practicality had to be balanced against the understanding that her rank was based solely on strength.

(93) view 

Analysts say that the view that China will always back the North may also lead to another unexpected attack on the South.

(94) viewpoint 

I do not agree with the viewpoint that in the quantum universe, measurement is a new source of irreversibility.

(95) vision 

First he receives the vision that Gentiles are to be admitted to the community of faith.

(96) wisdom 

Over the last several decades, it has become accepted wisdom that improving the status of women is one of the most critical levers of international development.

(97) wish 

And didn’t all parents harbor the wish that their daughter would be pretty, popular, and smart?

(98) worry

Then, of course, we’ve got the worry that the china is irreplaceable.

3.THE “HAPPINESS” GROUP

These nouns refer to emotions. The that-clause indicates what they relate to.

(1) amazement

In another show, he expressed amazement that anyone could learn calculus, let alone teach it.

(2) anger  

It’s because he’s exploiting the anger that he is saying that we are going to tax you.

(3) annoyance 

With a sharp pang of regret he recalled his annoyance that his wife insisted on packing up the car for their camping trips.

(4) anxiety 

I have anxiety that I sound like a total dork to the Arabs.

(5) apprehension 

My apprehension that we had come back to another place quieted.

(6) astonishment  

And I could see in her suddenly this astonishment that I could have done something like that.

(7) bitterness 

He complains with some bitterness that opponents are unfairly characterized as opposed to saving the desert.

(8) concern  

What about the concern that implants might raise your risk of breast cancer or autoimmune disease?

(9) delight

As she placed them in her mini-fridge, she realized with some delight that she didn’t have to hide them from anyone.

(10) disappointment

Largent, the ringleader of the plotters, put down the phone and tried not to show his disappointment that one of their fellow do-gooders had apparently given in to temptation.

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