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30 Cards in this Set
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1 haltingly |
haltingly - stopping often b/c of not being sure of what to say or do |
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2 haltingly |
"Just before noon the horse was led _______ into a van next to the stallion barn, and there a concentrated barbiturate was injected into his jugular." |
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3 pathologically |
causing disease (or death) |
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4 pathologically |
"This was almost twice the average size, and a third larger than any equine heart I'd ever seen. And it wasn't __________ enlarged." |
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5 impulse |
sudden strong urge to act (without thinking) |
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6 impulse |
"I was seized by an __________ as beckoning as the wind that strums through the trees there, mingling the scents of new grass and old history."
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7 obscure |
unknown about or not certain of; hidden |
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8 obscure |
For reasons as __________ to me then as now, I felt compelled to see Lawrence Robinson. |
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9 melancholy |
sad |
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10 melancholy |
For me, that final walk beneath a grove of trees, with the colt slanting like a buck through the autumn gloaming, brought to a __________ close the richest, grandest, damnedest, most exhilarating time of my life. |
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11 confer (on) |
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc. |
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12 conferred |
The gift of reverie is a blessing divine, and it is __________ most abundantly on those who lie in hammocks or drive alone in cars. |
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13 assertion |
a confident statement of fact or belief |
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14 assertion |
"[Florio] nearly got into a fistfight in the Aqueduct press box that day when Mannie Kalish, a New York handicapper, chided him for making such an outrageously bold __________..." |
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15 compulsion |
governed by an obsessive need (to conform) |
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16 compulsively |
I took notes __________ , endlessly, feeling for the texture of the life around the horse.
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17 amiable |
having an friendly manner |
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18 amiable |
Secretariat was an __________, gentlemanly colt, with a poised and playful nature that at times made him seem as much a pet as the stable dog was. |
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19 engaging
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winning, attractive, pleasing |
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20 engaging |
By his personality and temperament, Secretariat became the most __________ character in the barn. |
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21 compromised |
unable to function especially because of underlying disease |
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22 compromised |
Secretariat finished the mile that day in 1:4225, five seconds slower than Laurin wanted him to go. Thus he came to the Wood doubly __________.
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23 inadequate |
not good enough |
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24 inadequate |
He needed hard, blistering workouts before he ran, and that slow mile before the Wood had been __________. |
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25 resigned |
to leave a position, quit; accepting of a poor result |
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26 resigned |
Despite what Turcotte had said, I was __________ to the worst, and Secretariat looked hopelessly beaten as the field of 13 dashed past the finish line the first time. He was dead last. |
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27 bound |
walk, run with leaping strides |
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28 bounded |
I _____ down a staircase, three steps at a time. |
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29 subtle |
delicate or faint and mysterious |
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30 subtly |
He dropped back to last out of the gate, but as the field dashed into the first turn, Turcotte nudged his right rein as __________ as a man adjusting his cuff, and the colt took off like a flushed deer. |
