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1. So strong is my _____ with the poems of Robert Frost that I often feel as though I could have written them myself.

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empathy

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2. Although the law forbids residential separation of the races, we all know that a state of ____ segregation exists in some communities.

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de facto

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3. How can you compare a mere social ____ with a misdeed that has caused such great harm to other people?

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peccadillo

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4. We may find _____ annoying, but the fact is that they often serve as "gadflies" to bring about desirable changes.

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malcontents

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5. The _____ looks that they directed as us made it only too clear that we had little hope for mercy at their hands.

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baneful

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6. We must not assume that their behavior, however _____ by conventional standards, is a sign of mental illness.

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aberrant

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7. Then came Miss Bolton's cornet solo, which we all recognized immediately as the ______ of that long musical evening.

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piece de resistance

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8. The car was forever breaking down, but its owner seemed to derive a sort of perverse satisfaction out of battling with the ______ old heap.

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cantankerous

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9. Said Churchill to the British people after the Munich agreement: "we must reject these _____ assurances of 'peace in out time'"

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mellifluous

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10. In all aspects of their behavior, Raina and Joe showed the self-indulgence and gross indifference to others that is characteristic of the true _____.

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hedonist

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11. The ______ of poverty, drug addiction, and crime that afflicts our cities calls for remedial action on a truly national scale.

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syndrome

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12. The ______ of the terrible disease could be seen only too clearly in her extreme emaciation and feebleness.

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depredations

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13. A candidate for high public office should seek to debate the issues on an objective level, instead of ____ to the prejudices of the times.

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pandering

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14. "Am I to be accused of ___" queried the Mayor, "just because my wife, daughter, brother and nephew happen to be the best applicants for the jobs?

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nepotism

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15. True, we won the game, but I think our team gave a rather ______ performance in beating a weak opponent by so narrow a margin.

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lackluster

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16. In many respects it is a good movie, but sadly, the director has allowed sentiment to spill over into sentimentality, and sentimentality into _____.

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bathos

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17. Your efforts to prove that because "no one is perfect" all moral standards are relative and therefore meaningless, struck me as sheer _______.

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casuistry

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18. The negotiators agreed not to try to draw up an overall treaty but to deal with each specific problem on a(n) _____ basis.

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ad hoc

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19. With the extreme cold and the deep snows still holding on, the gradual lengthening of the days was the only _____ of Spring.

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harbinger

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20. We learned with dismay that our application had been neither approved nor rejected, but _____ to a "higher authority for further consideration."

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remanded

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21. Our fundraising committee formed ______ in order to more efficiently help the displaced or uninsured families that were affected by the floods.

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ad hoc

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22. Since you've been spending time with these new friends, I sense in you a sort of mental ____ that both worries and disappoints me.

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aberration

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23. The _____ citizens formed a committee to disseminate a petition, to organize a general strike, and to monitor legislative proceedings.

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malcontent

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24. The movement of the red fox north into arctic fox territory _____ the continuation of a warming climate.

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harbingers

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25. The man in the gray cap is a ____ who engages in all kinds of illegal activities but somehow never gets caught.

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pander

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1. SYBARITISM that is indulged in Las Vegas

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hedonism

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2. is a HERALD of the coming of winter

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harbinger

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3. struck me as utter SOPHISTRY

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casuistry

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4. victims of the PILLAGE

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depredation

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5. dismissed as SCHMALTZ by critics

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bathos

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6. seen by scientists as an ANOMALY

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aberration

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7. committed several INDISCRETIONS

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peccadillos

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8. the MUSICAL tone of the announcer's voice

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mellifluous

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9. charged with FAVORITISM by his opponents

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nepotism

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10. suffers from a recognizable GROUP OF SYMPTOMS

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syndrome

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1. the SUBLIMITY of the story's conclusion

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bathos

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2. never experienced SELF-DENIAL

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hedonism

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3. awakened by the SHRILL sound

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mellifluous

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4. the ISOLATED SIDE EFFECT caused by the medicine

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syndrome

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5. the refreshing IMPARTIALITY of the manager

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nepotism

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1. Would it be ungracious of me to suggest that the ______ of the feast, given on the menu as "filet mignon", had the taste and texture of old shoe leather?

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piece de resistance

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2. It took years for that country to recover from the _____ wrought by the Second World War and it's concomitant social and economic dislocations.

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depredations

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3. The history of the World teaches us that we should never let ourselves be blinded by the meretricious _____ of a demagogue, no matter how appealing it may appear at first glance.

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casuistry

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4. I find myself in the position of ____ supervisor; now I would like to have the title, salary, and privileges that go along with the job.

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de facto

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5. Yes, you have scored a quick commercial success, but you have done it only by ____ to low and depraved tastes.

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pandering

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6. Those sentimentalized effusions introduced a note of ___ into what should have been an occasion marked by dignity and restraint.

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bathos

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7. Is it too optimistic to hope that your willingness to undertake that thankless task is the _____ of a new maturity and a more responsible attitude?

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harbinger

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8. Though he had embraced a creed of unabashed _____ in his youth, he ended his life among a group of ascetics living in the desert.

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hedonism

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9. Because they have followed a policy of bringing in executives and supervisors from the outside, instead of promoting from within their own ranks, the office is filled with grumbling ______.

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malcontents

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10. Yes, I believe in helping out relatives, but I haven't spent a lifetime building this business to make it a monument to ______.

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nepotism

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11. The pitcher's lightning fastball has proved the _____ of many a celebrated home-run hitter.

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bane

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12. A high temperature, yellowish complexion, and general feeling of fatigue are all characteristic of the mononucleosis ______.

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syndrome

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13. He had been happy-go-lucky as a young man, but years of disappointment and misfortune have turned him sour and ______.

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cantankerous

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14. It was hard to believe that the eager, vibrant youth I had known was now this shabby derelict, staring into space with _____ eyes.

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lackluster

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15. Those cases that call for further attention will be ____ to the proper agencies.

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remanded

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16. As there was no agency concerned with race relations, the Mayor created a(n) ____ committee to deal with such matters.

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ad hoc

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17. I think you are showing poor judgment in condemning them so severely for what is, after all, little more than a(n) _____.

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peccadillo

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18. How is one to explain that strange ____ from the habits and standards that he had followed for so many years?

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aberration

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19. Like everyone else, I was charmed by the ____ tones of the speaker, but later I could extract very little real meaning from what she had said.

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mellifluous

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20. Her visits to the nursing home are motivated not by a detached sense of duty but by a genuine _____ for those who are lonely.

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empathy

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1. an ABERRATION is a(n)

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B. irregularity

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2. a BANE is a(n)

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D. tribulation

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3. someone who is CANTANKEROUS

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A. amiable

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4. A MALCONTENT is a

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D. troublemaker

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5. To be REMANDED is to be

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C. detained

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