Level G Unit 10 Completing the Sentence and Synonyms/Antonyms – Flashcards
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Life on the family farm has ___________ me to hard physical labor and long hours of unremitting toil.
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inured
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The general sent scouts on ahead of the army to ___________the area for a suitable site to pitch camp.
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reconnoiter
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Although there had been some ___________ fighting earlier, the real battles of the Civil War did not begin until Bull Run in July, 1861.
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sporadic
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Unless the title Special Aide to the Assistant Section Manager involved a salary increase, I would just as soon ___________ it.
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forgo
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The riot converted the quite streets of that suburban community into a ghastly ___________.
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shambles
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Although the moon appears to be a(n) ___________ body, the fact is that it only reflects light received from the sun.
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luminous
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As all kinds of wild rumors ran rampant through the besieged city, the mood of the populace ___________ between hope and despair.
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oscillated
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Good supervisors know that they can get more cooperation from their staff by making polite requests than by ___________ orders.
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peremptory
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The man's personality was a strange mixture of strengths and weaknesses, fortes and ___________.
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foibles
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I was totally taken aback when they ___________ my kind offers of assistance so rudely and nastily.
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rebuffed
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No doubt he's very sorry he got caught, but that does not mean that he's at all ___________ about what he did.
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penitent
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Any "investment counselor" who promises to double your money overnight must be regarded as a(n) ___________ or a crook.
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charlatan
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Through my childhood recollections have been ___________ by the passage of time, they have not been totally effaced from my memory.
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attenuated
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In a typical James Bond movie, Agent 007 has a series of adventures that are ___________ with tongue-in-cheek peril.
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fraught
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His statements have been so uniformly ___________ that I get the impression that he is wearing a permanent pair of mental blinders.
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obtuse
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Though critics ___________ at minor faults in the new Broadway show, the general public loved it.
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caviled
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I was relieved to learn that the tumor on my arm was ___________ and my worst fears groundless.
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benign
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We look ___________ at any program that makes it harder for city dwellers to get out and enjoy the beauties of nature.
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askance
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During the 14th century, the Black Death suddenly swept across Europe, ___________ the population and paralyzing everyday life.
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decimating
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During imperial times, the Roman Senate was little more than a collection of ___________ yes-men, intent upon preserving their own lives by gratifying the emperor's every whim.
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obsequious
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QUIBBLE over who is at fault
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cavil
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exposed him as a complete FRAUD
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charlatan
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VACILLATED between two choices
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oscillated
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looked SKEPTICALLY at their proposals
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askance
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ACCUSTOMED to extremes of temperature
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inured
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a storm that RAVAGED the countryside
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decimated
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an attempt to SCOUT the interior
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reconnoiter
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unwilling to RENOUNCE her inheritance
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forgo
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shocked by the MESS they had created
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shambles
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a SALUTARY effect on consumer confidence
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benign
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FULL OF suspense and tension
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fraught
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willing to overlook its DEFECTS
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foibles
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will SPURN his offer of marriage
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rebuff
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his HIGH-HANDED challenge to our authority
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peremptory
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in the RADIANT circle of the spotlight
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luminous
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ant: measures that may STRENGTHEN the economy
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attenuate
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ant: an entirely UNREPENTANT gambler and thief
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penitent
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ant: her ACUTE handling of the issue
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obtuse
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ant: assumed an OVERBEARING manner
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obsequious
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ant: his CONSTANT attention to detail
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sporadic
