Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 13 Choosing the Right Word – Flashcards
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Which of the following is NOT an effective attitude when revising and proofreading documents? a. The perspective of the audience is not as important as the writer's viewpoint. b. Proofreading and revising documents is essential to good writing. c. Other people can often make suggestions for improving one's writing. d. Spell check cannot catch all errors.
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Dr. Salvin's original diagnosis, although questioned by several colleagues, was strongly ______ by the results of the results of the laboratory tests.
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Buttressed
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I like a good time as much as anyone, but I don't think that the celebration of our nation's birthday should become a rowdy ______.
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Carousal
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Well-meaning but misguided friends ______ his plans to run away to Hollywood and "become a movie star"
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Abetted
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You will never be able to complete this hike if you ______ yourself with so much "essential equipment."
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Encumber
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What could be more ______ than the long drive home on a rainy night after we had lost the championship game by one point!
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Disconsolate
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His parents are such sensitive people that I'm not at all sure how I should ______ the news of his untimely death to them.
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Broach
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In spite of her long and ______ career, her reputation today rests entirely on one great play.
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Prolific
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Cleaning up the old beach house seemed an almost impossible task, but she attacked it with ______ energy.
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Herculean
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Psychologists tell us that people who seem to be unusually ______ are often the ones most likely to lose control of their emotions in times of stress.
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Impassive
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I wasn't so much surprised at not getting the job as I was ______ by his strange explanation that I was "overqualified."
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Nonplussed
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The speaker's inept replies to questions from the floor were met with a barrage of indignant ______.
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Rejoinders
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When the offered to help him, he proudly ______ that he could handle the situation entirely on his own.
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Averred
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If you are going to wait for an occasion that seems ______ in Every respect, then in all probability you will have to wait forever.
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Opportune
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I don't know anything about quiches and souffles, but I'm a true ______ when it comes to pizza.
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Connoisseur
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I know that he is wealthy and comes from a "prominent" family, but does that excuse his ______ disregard of good manners?
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Blatant
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I truly felt that reality could never be as horrible as the ______ phantoms that were disturbing my dreams.
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Grisly
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The opening of our show took place most ______ in the midst of a transit strike and a record-breaking snowstorm.
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Inauspiciously
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Isn't it ridiculous to say that the disorder was ______ by "outsiders" when we all know that it resulted from bad conditions inside the institution?
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Fomented
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With tireless patience, the wily detective ______ bits and pieces of evidence until he gained an insight into how the crime had been committed.
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Collated
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What we need is not opinions or "educated guesses" but ______ proof that can stand up under the closest examinations.
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Incontrovertible
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What we need is not opinions or "educated guesses" but ______ proof that can stand up under the closest examinations.
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Incontrovertible
