Unit 12 Sentences – Flashcards
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No matter where candidates for high political office go these days, the _____ eye of the TV camera seems focused on them.
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omnipresent
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To say that he is _____ does not even begin to convey just how alienated he is from any regard for the truth.
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mendacious
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They claim to have made a thorough search of the premises, but I suspect that their efforts were no more than ______.
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perfunctory
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Responding to the melancholy note in the song of the nightingale, Keats wrote of its "_____ anthem."
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plaintive
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I was greatly relieved to learn that the accident I had with my car last week didn't do any _____ damage to the motor.
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irreparable
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The _____ creature had somehow gotten its foot caught in the grate and could not extricate it without help.
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hapless
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When asked what terms he would offer the Confederate army, General Grant made the _____ reply, "Unconditional surrender!"
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laconic
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I felt a little foolish when the librarian told me that I was asking for the current issue of a magazine that had long been _____.
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defunct
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Since extroverts are _____ by nature, they usually prefer not to live alone.
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gregarious
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Never once has the least whiff of a scandal or impropriety tainted the man's _____ reputation as an upstanding member of this agency.
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impeccable
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From an _____ point of view, the painting didn't appeal to me, but I kept it because it was a memento of my childhood.
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aesthetic
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When you get more experience on the job, you will learn that a "request" from your employer is _____ to an order.
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tantamount
