Vocal sentences unit 10 – Flashcards
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Isn't it likely that the school administration will _____ to your recommendation to do away with all examinations and grades.
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Acquire
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Driving a car along those ____ mountain roads at a height of ten thousand feet calls for stronger nerves than I have
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Sinuous
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You certainly have a right to your opinions but you have become so _____ that you immediately challenge opinions expressed by anyone else.
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Contentious
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The _____ personality that you made her so charming and popular was unaffected by the passage of the years.
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Blithe
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A staunch believer in the equality of the sexes. Susan B Anthony was one of the most effective _____ of women's rights
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Exponent.
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Retailers who seek to ______ unwary consumers with false claims should feel the full penalties of the law
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Allure.
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Now that te football season has ended dont you think our school's athletes deserve a brief _____ before beginning basketball practices.
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Respite
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After I heard my new parrot's harsh call I decided that melody the name I had planned For it was something of an ____
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Misnomer
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The body of the stain hero was accompanied to its final resting place by the _____ strains of a funeral march
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Sonorous
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Excessively ____ people usually don't have the imagination to realize their endless chatter is boring everyone else
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Garrulous
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I do not _____ to be heroic but I hope I have the nerve to stand up for unpopular ideas that I believe are right
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Process
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With the publication of her famous book Silent Spring Rachel Carson moved in to the _____ to those seeking to protect of our natural environment
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Vanguard
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The pioneers succeeded in settling the West because they refused to admit that any obstacle however formidable was _____
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Insuperable
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We can all agree that the crime situation in this community is truly _____ but what are we going to do about it?
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Lamentable
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He says that he is spending the family fortune to promote the art of good living but I consider him no more than
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Wastrel.
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In spite of her rain soaked clothing and ____ appearance it see dead to me that she had never looked locker
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Disheveled
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The blinds are hanging ______ because the pull cords is all knotted and tangled I said
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Askew
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For the innumerable crimes and cruelties he had committed the tyrant has good reason to fear ______
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Retribution
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I confess I suffered a twinge of envy when I learned that my rival has had the prize I had ____ so dearly
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Covet
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After all my high hopes I was utterly ______ when the notice arrived that I had failed my drivers test
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Crestfallen
