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from the smell of burned muffins issuing from the kitchen, we _____ that the cook will not be in a good mood.

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inferred

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the government penalizes citizens who are ______ in paying their taxes

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dilatory

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Nellie Bly had cause for _____ after setting a new record: traveling around the world in fewer than the 80 days Phileas Fogg needed in Jules Verne's novel.

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elation

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the _____ of the woodpecker drumming on a tree trunk signifies a search for insects or proclaims the bird's territory and readiness to mate

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percussion

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La Bamba, a song with numerous verses, has become an ______ favorite, continuing to reflect life in Mexican fishing villages

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perennial

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The crew of the spaceship Discovery in the movie 2001: A space odyssey is ____ on finding proof that creatures from outer space influenced earth forms millions of years ago

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intent

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Balancing a budget is an ______ task for individuals as well as for governments

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tortuous

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when several people pass along information one by one, they inevitably ______ it

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distort

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although admirers were eager to lionize the Bronte sisters, they were _____, preferring their own company to that of the outside world

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introverts

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thomas carlyle says that "_____ is hard upon a man: but that prosperity is even harder to endure

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adversity

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A clever _____ may win admiration for wit but discourage gentler feelings

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retort

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Readers of Beverly Cleary's _____ have met Henry Huggins, an amusing character who appears in a succession of her novels.

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prose

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As they leap, turn somersaults, and otherwise ____ their bodies, Olympic gymnasts prove their suppleness

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contort

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Although the nursery rhyme begins, "Mary, Mary, quite contrary," the references to her garden and maids all in a row do not explain why she is _____

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perverse

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The _____ cost of houses in some parts of the country makes purchase of a first home difficult for many families

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exorbitant

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Makers of perfume create an _____ of oils from flowers and other plants, animal substances such as musk, alcohohl, and water

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compound

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a frequently quoted _____ from Shakespeare begins, "All the world's a stage,/ And all the men and women merely players

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excerpt

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charged with faithlessness to her finance, Hero is ______ when the misunderstanding is explained in the play

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exonerated

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the ______ essay is a form students will often practice, especially if they plan to attend college

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exposition, (expository)

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As actors gain experience and prestige, they can more forcefully ____ their wills upon directors of plays and films

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impose

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exploring ____ phenomena gives astronomers clues to the millions of galaxies in the universe

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extraterrestrial

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at first considered a _____ in the art world, Consuelo Gonzales Amezcua has achieved distinction for her pictures drawn with colored ball-point pens on cardboard

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mediocre

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To say that she is not a sensitive person because she doesn't like dogs is to use a ________

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non sequitur

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organizations like Al-Anon provide trained people to _____ in cases of family conflict

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mediate

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the satellite serves as an _____ of information about weather, alerting watchers to storms and atmospheric aberrations around the globe

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medium

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although the larval stage of the dragonfly may last for five years, the ____ stage as a gauzy-winged adult is brief, lasting perhaps five weeks.

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subsequent

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records of dolley madison's elegant gowns and large parties, when as the president's wife she was a White House hostess, strongly suggest that she was an ____

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extrovert

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for centuries before the discovery of treatment for leprosy, sufferers of the disease lived as social outcasts, _____ in remote colonies

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sequestered

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when expected to converse with a celebrity, some people become tongue-tied and _____ especially if they are taken by surprise

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obsequious

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I really feel sorry for you

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commiserate

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I hardly ever hold backi when I'm asked a question in class

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abstain

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you live in a pretty big house

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commodious

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when you want something badly you show the quality of really keeping at things, dont you?

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tenacity

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stop making those sassy remarks

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impertinent

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how do you make things fit together well?

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cohere

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when you said bubbler, instead of drinking fountain your everday speech let me know you are from the midwest

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colloquial

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An _____ to the flight of the satellite Voyager 2 past Neptune has been the discovery of that planet's eight moons,k previously thought to be only two.

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adjunctive

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comedy teams like Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy make us laugh because they are so ____ in handling objects and so ready to misunderstand one another

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inept

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Having not only an ____ for but also a love of flying, amelia earhart proved that women could play an important role in aviation.

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aptitude

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when you _____ the verb swim through six tenses in the third person plural, you supply the following; they swim, they swam etc.

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conjugate

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although adolescents often complain that parental rules about dating are too___ they usaully grow to appreciate the limitations

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astringent

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After persuading gullible victims to hand over their life savings, the trickster _______ed

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absconded

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univited sales pitches over the telephone ____ upon our time and privacy

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infringe

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although the confidante of many friends, she was always ___, never revealing any secrets.

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discreet

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hosts who have prepared a grand dinner do not want their guests to be ______

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abstemious

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driving above the speed limit is an _____ which, if it goes on file, may increase the cost of car insurance.

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infraction

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although american citziens are eligibale to vote at age eighteen, a sizeable number of them do not exercise their right of ______

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suffrage

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only when the fog lifted could we begin to _____ the outlines of New York's skyscrapers

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discern

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In a series of victories against Spanish forces, simon bolivar was an _____ for the drive toward independence of south american countries and is significantly remembered in the name of one of them, bolivia.

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catalyst

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packing for an airplane trip usually foces us to leave ____ possessions at home.

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superfluous

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The australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott has remained ____ in her opposition to nuclear weapons

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resolute

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every ice cream company contends that its product is _____

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superlative

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environmentalists deliver injunctions against harmful pesticides and ______

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herbicides

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your ______ directions brought us to your house without a moment of indecision

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concise

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rather than making ____ donations that get their name in the headlines, the family prefers to make anonymous contributions to charity

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ostentatious

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in many islamic cultures studnets learn the Koran by _____, repeating passages over and over until memorized

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reiterate

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although she engaged in easy repartee on most subjects, about her family life she remained _______

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reticent

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rosa parks whose refusal to sit in the back of the bus was one of the triggers of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, acted not because of ____ motives but because of fatigue after a long day's work.

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visionary

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too poor after the civil war to afford to buy fabric, scarlett o hara ____ a new dress out of the green velvet parlor curatins

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improvised

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the ______ of folk singer Joan Baez includes songs in both spanish and english

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repertoire

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many religions encourage self-knowledge through meditations and ______

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introspection

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although police had the house under constant _____, the suspect managed to escape disguised.

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surveillance

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every year at the anniversary of their guru's death, disciples kept a day-long ____ at the tomb

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vigil

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because they wish to harm no living things, buddhist monks walk _____ to avoid stepping on insects

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vigilantly

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steffi Graf's talent, training, and record made her an ____ contender for the world tennis championship

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auspicious

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the botanical garden is trying to obtain at least one_____ of every native american tree

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specimen

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the ____ of nuclear war threatened the late twentieth century

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specter

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we need a special ____ commission to investigate these charges against the school board

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ad hoc

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hearing their national anthem often ____ tears from Olympic winners as they stand on the victors block

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evokes

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although her teacher ____ her that her grades were slipping, she did not take the warning seriously

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admonished

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because a piano's wooden frame ____ when it is played, the instruments tone is intensified

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resonates

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the summer garden was ____ with the odors of roses and lavender

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redolent

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despite the ____ protests of the crowd, the referee declared the runner out at home base

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vociferous

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when whales sing they produce ____ patterns that can be heard for many miles underwater

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sonic

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the guest speaker was so____ that many upset students remained after class to ask questions

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provacative

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the blind develop very acute _____ sensitivity, their sense of touch somewhat replacing their sense of sight

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tactile

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though many claim to have sighted UFOs almost no ____ evidence has been offered to prove these occurrences

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tangible

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to demonstrate their ____ from the unions decision, a group of workers went on an unauthorized wild cat strike

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dissent

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since their property was ____ the neighbors agreed to share the expense of a new fence

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contiguous

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at every gate the commander of the fort posted a ___ to watch for an attack

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sentinel

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because of heavy rain, the ____ had to be moved into the gym

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fete

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she ____ her reputation by plagiarizing a term paper

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jeopardized

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although shy, he adopted an ____, sophisticated pose when he went off to college

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suave

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the princess could ____ Rumpelstiltskin only by promising him her baby if she could not guess his name

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assauge

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although I usually ____, this time i've finished my report a week early

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procrastinate

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after being stranded in the sierra through the winter, the survivors of the Donner Party greeted their rescuers with ____ thanks and relief

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profuse

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because he was so late in learning to talk, Albert Einstein's parents never suspected he was a mathematical _____

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prodigy

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the voters expressed their ____ at the mayor's dishonesty by voting her out of office at the next election

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ire

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at first dismissed as impractical ____ advocates of womens suffrage proved their political skill when women gained the vote in 1920.

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zealots

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although I rarely lose my temper, their insults made me so ___ that I left without saying goodbye

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irate

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Her ____ for excellence and her years of work and competition have led to a place on the Olympic gymnastics team

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zeal

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until his transforming Christmas Eve dream, Ebenezer Scrooge was an _____ miser, feared and disliked by everyone for his irritable personality

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irascible

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anyone who enjoys a good cry should see this _____ film

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doleful

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after the guilty verdict, many friends gathered to ____ with the prisoners parents

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condole

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I loathed dancing school and would never have set foot on a dance floor of my own _____

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volition

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the ______ of the constellation Ursa Major is like a bear or a dipper

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configuration

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During the nineteenth century few parts of the world were out of the _____ of British influence

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orbit

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after years of teaching, she has aquired a ____ grasp of French literature

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encyclopedic

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to avoid being followed, we took a ____ route that wandered around town

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circuitous

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although she strives to be as ____ and proper as her aunt requires, Anne of Green Gables often acts impulsively and gets into trouble

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circumspect

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along the _____ of the small park was an elegant wrought-iron fence

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circumference

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some ____ expressions like "as quick as a wink" have become cliches, statements worn out with use

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figurative

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our educational system is_____ witha new year beginning every september and ending every june, followed by a summer vacation

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cyclic

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the typical american state capitol has a dome with an ______ beneath

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rotunda

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Nazi _____ claimed Germans to be racially superior to all other people

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ideology

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Humpty Dumptys ____ shape resembled an egg

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rotund

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the _____ hangar was large enough to contain four large cargo planes

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cavernous

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the roman city of pompeii has been _____ from the volcanic rubble that burried it in ad 79

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excavated

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in thomas hardys navel the mayor of casterbridge, thomas henchard is prevented from suicide by drowning when he sees an ____ of himself that has been thrown into the river

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effigy

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