Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 6 Completing the Sentence – Flashcards
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during the emergency, the mayor assumed _________ authority and did whatever was needed to provide essential services.
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plenary
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those who saw the young woman being assaulted and did nothing to help her were guilty of _________ in the crime.
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complicity
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the _________ of her analysis not only clarified the nature of the problem but also suggested its most promising solution.
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perspicacity
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though some writers have emphasized Jefferson's human weaknesses, his greatness is also a(n) ________ part of the historical record.
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indubitable
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i would be _________ in my duty to you if i did not warn you against the pernicious effects of smoking cigarettes.
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derelict
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for years, we carried on a(n) __________ correspondence, sometimes allowing months to pass before a letter was answered.
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intermittent
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how could a mere ___________ in the teaching profession question the judgment of so experienced an educator?
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neophyte
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the fact that so many released prisoners return to a life of crime is in itself a terrifying _________ of our penal system.
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indictment
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throughout the period that the spy thought he had gone undetected, he was actually under close _______ by the CIA.
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surveillance
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since the accused was never really given a chance to defend himself, his so-called trial was nothing but a(n) ________ of justice.
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travesty
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simple ________demands that we distribute the tax burden as fairly as possible among the populace, the senator remarked.
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equity
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since he neither nor denies the existence of God, I'd classify him as a(n) ___________ rather than an atheist.
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agnostic
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every time we did something to anger him, he delivered an intemperate ___________ lambasting our "hopeless irresponsibility."
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diatribe
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it was such a(n) ___________ remark that I couldn't keep myself from laughing derisively when I heard it.
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inane
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i'd say that the phrase "having a short fuse" aptly describes my boss's decidedly _________ disposition.
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testy
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in her garland of leaves and acorns, the child looked very much like some _________ spirit from an Arthurian myth.
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sylvan
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the over throne dictator was hanged in __________ before a vast throng in the square.
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effigy
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at the slightest sound of thunder, dog Rover dives under the bed in a state of ___________ terror.
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abject
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in the Wagner's operas, brief musical ___________ associated with the characters or their actions recur again and again.
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motifs
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how can you call than a(n) _______ question when it is quite clearly a simple matter of right and wrong?
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moot
