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Czar Ivan the Terrible, ______________ for blood, instituted a reign of terror against the nobility of Moscow.

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rapacious

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Creostote makes telephone poles and raililroad ties ______ to rain and snow.

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impregnable

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some politicians are easily corrupted if someone with a special interest __________ them with money.

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plies

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clothing designers of the 1920's _____ women from restrictive clothing and high button shoes.

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emancipated

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when the treaty of versailles at the end of the world war I demanded surrender of German ships, the Germans sank their fleet in ______.

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reprisal

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which word has a positive meaning -Dexterity, duplicity, rapacity, reprehension

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dexterity

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Which word does not suggest deceit -Duplicity, explicit, ploy, surreptitious

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explicit

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which word does NOT suggest a mental process -apprehend, deflect, explicate, reflect

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deflect

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which word's latin root does not refer to a part of the body -dexterity, genuflect, manipulate, supplicate

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supplicate

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apprehend : emancipate::

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conceal : manifest

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digitus : hand ::

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genu : leg

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plicare : exploit ::

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prehendere : reprisal

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rapt : attentive ::

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explicit : commanding

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it is difficult for people with arthritis of the knees to _______.

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genuflect

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Charles dickens' chareacter Uriah Heep pretends subservience as a _______ to win the confidence of his superiors.

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ploy

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Ralph Lauren chose the name "polo" for his clothing company to ______wealth and eleganc

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imply

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Because Niccolo machiavelli seems to recommend that heads of state lie and cheat to achieve their goals, the adjective "machiavellian" suggests _____.

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duplicity

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ActressMary Pickford became a motion picture ____ when she co-founded the united artists film studio.

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entrepreneur

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in 18th century English courts, defendants had to appear at their trials wearing _______.

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manacles

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catherine de medicis was able to ______European politics in the 16th century by marrying her daughters to the kings of spain and france

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manipulate

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multiple sclerosis, is a degenerative disease, proved to be genetic when researchers discovered the ______ of many of its victims.

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consanguinity

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scientific discoveries tend to _______ earlier research.

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supersede

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many anthologies include a ______ where the reader can look up every appearance of certain workds.

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concordance

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Fashion shows frequently feature _____ to celebrate youth, beauty, and daring.

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decolletage

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Many russian ____, such as aleksandr solzhenitsyn, were exiled to siberian labor camps for opposing government policies

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dissidents

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Which word does NOT identify a part of the body -dorsal, epidermis, gastric, sedentary

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sedentary

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which word does not suggest good cheer -accolade, cordial, enervate, sanguine

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enervate

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which word suggests eating -dossier, gastronome, incarnate, seance

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gastronome

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which word suggests a change -concordance, corps, endorse, ossify

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ossify

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Ossification : bone ::

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sanguinity : blood

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corps : army unit ::

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corpus : collected writing

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assiduous : inattentive ::

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cordial : unsociable

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Dermatologist : skin ::

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gastronome : food

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When Beau Brummel asked , "who's your fat friend?" he was calling attention to prince George's _______ appearance.

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corpulent

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Until recently, ______ punishment was condoned in British schools, where teachers whipped misbehaving students.

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corporal

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Helen Brooke Taussig received universal ________ in 1962 for preventing the drug thalidomide from being approved for use in the United States.

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accolades

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ancient and modern writers describe Helen of Troy as "the face that launched a thousand ships," or beauty _______.

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incarnate

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In the Greek tragedy Antigone, King creon orders the dead body of his nephew Polynices to be abandoned on the battlefield as ______ for birds and dogs to eat.

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carrion

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J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI, kept secret _____ on many innocent Americans; after he died private citizens were able to request these files for inspection

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dossiers

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Japanese bonsai trees require ______ attention: daily watering, frequent pruning, and careful wiring.

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assiduous

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to insure a steady flight, the standard golf ball has nearly 400 _____ or "dimples" on its surface

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indentation

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in the silent movie The adventures of Pearl White, the heronie was frequently shown suspended over a _______ from which she had to save herself

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precipice

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the evil queen in snow white is _____ by her stepdaughter's beauty

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affronted

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behind his laughing ______ the clown Pagliacci seethes with jealousy and rage.

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facade

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layers of graffiti ______ public transit vehicles in some large cities.

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deface

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which word does NOT suggest hostility? -confront, effrontery, osculate, supercilious

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osculate

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Which word does NOT suggest a second appearance -disgorge, precipitate, recapitulation, regurgitate

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precipitate

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Which word is NOT derived from a Latin or Greek root related to the head? -decapitate, gargoyle, orifice, orthodontist

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gargoyle

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Which word does NOT imply a steep surface -facade, gorge, precipice, trident

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trident

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supercilious : eyebrow ::

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regurgitated : throat

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orator : speech ::

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oracle : prophecy

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cerebration : idea ::

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confrontation : discussion

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cerebrum : cerebral ::

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facies : facet

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computer can save us hours of repetitious and dull ____.

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cerebration

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The _____ of the octopus is at its center, where its arms meet.

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orifice

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To bind a person to a period of labor using an ____ is now against the law.

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indenture

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Nothing can stop the advance of the mendenhall glacier in alaska; it is ________

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inexorable

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the civil war ended with the _____ of general reobert e. lee at Appomattox

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capitulation

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the standard american musical comedy includes a ______ of the melody of every one of its major songs at the end of the production

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recapitulation

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The story is told of a man who murdered his parents and then had the _______ to plead for mercy because he was an orphan.

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effrontey

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The famous character don Quixote suffered from ________ that windmills were giants and his old horse was a young steed.

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delusions

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Mystery writer dorothy sayers liked to _______ plots in which the culprit is the least suspected

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concoct

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lullabies are written to make babies ______ by the third verse

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somnolent

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at the _____of a Knight of the Garter, held at Windsor Castle, the monarch taps the initiate on the shoulder

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investiture

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iguanas are ______ reptiles--they eat no meat.

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herbivorous

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Which word does NOT suggest an activity -Ablution, concoction, domicile, voracity

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domicile

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Which word does not refer to a liquid -allude, deluge, imbibe, potable

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allude

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which root does NOT represent something edible -carn, lav, mel, sal

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lav

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which word refers to action of at least two persons -collusion, cuisine, somnambulate, vestment

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collusion

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mel- : honey ::

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lud - : play

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divest : vested ::

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undress : dressed

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mellifluous : sound ::

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potable : water

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travesty : imitation ::

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dominion : control

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because the odyssey is one of the earliest examples of literature in the western world, many authors __ to it

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allude

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after salome dances for Herod, he offers her one half of his ______, but instead of his kingdom she asks for the head of John the Baptist

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domain

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In walt disneys animated film fantasia, hippopotamuses and ostriches attired as dancers perform a whimsical ____ of classical ballet.

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travesty

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Cuttlefish ______ their enemies by clouding the water with a squirt of ink.

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elude

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in icelandinc myth a magic _______________causes Sigurd to forget his fiancee Brynhild and choose another bride

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potion

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the _____ of yong chess players is evident when winning competitors are under age twelve

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precocity

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the heroine's nocturnal ________ in Bellini's opera sends her into a compromising situation that threatens her fiance's love but later justifies it

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somnambulation

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The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, is a symbol of the ____ between the two countries

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amity

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after she was promoted to vice president she no longer __ her friends position as department manager

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coveted

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The ancient Greeks' mistrust of all foreigners attests to their _______.

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xenophobia

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despite almost constant evidence of social unrest before the russian revolution, Czar Nicholas II remained _______, believing his regime was secure.

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complacent

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one of the principal goals of all tragic dramas is to arouse ____ in the audience

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pathos

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Which word does NOT indicate a connection betwwn people -appeasement, empathy, enamored, placid

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placid

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which word does NOT imply a need for medical treatment -antipathy, dysentery, hydrophobia, pathological

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antipathy

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which word does NOT imply fear or dislike -acrophobia, bibliophilia, misogyny, xenophobia

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bibliophilia

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Which word does NOT apply to friendship or goodwill -amity, cupidity, philanthropy, empathy

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cupidity

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odium : odiousness ::

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pax : appeasement

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antipathy : hatred ::

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amity : friendship

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acrophobia : heights ::

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hydrophobia : water

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implacable : unyielding ::

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inimical : unfriendly

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although anne scheiber lived very modestly most of her life, she left $22,000,000 to Yeshiva University, stunning everyone with her ______

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philanthropy

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many who read the Novel Jonathan Livingston Seagul feel great ______ for the bird as they imagine that they too are flying like a seagull.

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empathy

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Don Juan, who woos women but avoids marriage, is literature's foremost exampole of a _____.

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misogamist

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Ivan Boesky, a stock trader who once said , "Greed is healty." became famous for his ________.

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avarice

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a __________ liar is unable to tell the truth even when he or he wants to

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pathological

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the aztecs were known to try to ______ their gods with human sacrifices.

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placate

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Eligible voters whose ________ keeps them from casting their ballots on election day are forfeiting a constitutional right.

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apathy

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