HW 18 Sum09
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The old restaurant was filled with a _____ of stale cigarette smoke.
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Which of the following are synonyms?
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Amy refused to ride the rollercoaster because of her risk _____ tendencies.
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Although the campers were warned against consuming poisonous mushrooms, most of the mushrooms found in their area were found to be _____.
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Lemurs are _____ to the island of Madagascar; numerous types of these primates developed over the years.
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The _____ traveled across the land, hunting animals and gathering wild plants for food.
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As enjoyable as the autumn was, the _____ advance of the seasons meant that the cold of winter would have to come soon.
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She was _____ about driving down to the beach and refused to take public transportation.
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Her _____ personality was perfect for working at the children's amusement park.
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Draco Malfoy hurled a(n) _____ at Harry Potter durig a rigorous duel.
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Which of the following are synonyms?
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Dan's gaze was _____ as he watched the movers load the furniture into the truck and thought of all the good times he'd had in the house.
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The wealthy upper class _____ the impoverished by controlling the government secretly.
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The lifeguard was very _____ when he saw the little kids go in the water.
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The boys used their cunning and _____ to catch a peek at the answer sheet for the test.
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Turned off by the public speaker's _____ speech, the audience slowly began to disperse.
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I asked her to briefly tell me the _____ of her longwinded story.
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The punk rockerʼs _____ wardrobe included neon pink leather boots.
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My sister had to purchase a special, expensive _____ for her severe acne.
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The fact that he hadn't showered in three days seemed to explain the _____ odor coming from his body.
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The _____ wild gorilla refused to budge from the middle of the local road, blocking traffic.
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The new presidential candidate promised to _____ all wrongs in the country.
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The university's set of rules harshly _____ plagiarism.
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The distressed parents _____ their small child for wandering off on his own once they found him on the playground.
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Until she can calm down. we will have to learn to tolerate her _____ ways.
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In _____ to my parents' belief against alcoholic beverages, I did not drink wine with my meal when they visited.
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The old woman was _____ at her husband's funeral, whom she was happily married to for fifty year.
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While the Titanic sank, the passengers were frantic with fear while the captain remained _____, alone in his cabin.
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While exploring the old, abandoned house, Jay nearly fainted when an _____ appeared in the doorway of the kitchen.
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Mr. Marshall hated teaching during the period following lunch, it was impossible to overcome his students' _____ and capture their attention.
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The patient's mental instability hindered her from successfully coping with the _____ of life.
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The _____ prosecutor was laughed out of the courtroom as the judge yelled at him for constantly wasting her time with minor offenses.
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While driving by the landfill, I got a whiff of a _____ odor.
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Which of the following are synonyms?
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The _____ cat allowed the small girl to bother her, pushing it around and pulling on its fur.
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The Greek soldiers _____ to build an enormous, wooden horse in order to defeat the Trojans.
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A person convicted of _____ battery, or statutory rape, would be facing a maximum sentence of fifteen yeras in prison.
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Always a man of few words, Arnold made _____ comments about politics during the meeting.
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Kelly disrupted everyone else's concentration by _____ in the library instead of focusing on studying.
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Although night setting in, I could _____ my dog hiding in the bush after he ran out of the front door.
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Barack Obama was very _____ during his Presidential Speech, articulating and reaching out to so many people's hearts and expressing what he meant for America.
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Overdosing on drugs can have _____ results causing death.
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The journalist prepared to thoroughly _____ her masterpiece article that was to be published the following week.
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Jake was _____ when his mother claimed that she needed an exorcism to rid a demon from her body.
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The frantic sheepdog frantically attempted to _____ the lost sheep back into their pen.
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Our police officers were too busy dealing with _____ teenagers to notice the corruption in city hall.
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Her beautiful green eyes and graceful figure _____ her many suitors.
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The farmer _____ the seaweed by laying it out in the scorching sun.
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The angry teacher harshly _____ her students for cheating during their math test.
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The _____ ballerina was able to gracefully bend her body, even in odd angles, throughout the show.