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20 Cards in this Set
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However much I may dispute your views, i will never _____ your right to hold them.
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gainsay
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Just when it seemed that defeat was inevitable, she pulled off a dazzling _____ that totally discomfited her opponent.
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coup
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when it became clear just how shamelessly he had treated his brother, he became a virtual ______ in his own family.
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pariah
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in a touching ceremony, the soldiers _____ the body of their fallen leader to the grave and his memory to their hearts.
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consigned
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On the first play, our diminutive quarterback was "sacked" by a veritable _____ of a linebacker, ominously nicknamed "Bone Crusher".
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behemoth
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When the swollen river threatened to overflow its banks, a devastating flood seemed _____.
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imminent
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Since i was brought up in a sleepy country town, i found it very hard to adjust to the _____ pace of big-city life.
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febrile
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You may be, as you say, "_____ to leave such a fascinating book," but i'm telling you right now to take out the garbage!
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loath
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if you spend all your time on _____, you won't have any left for really important matters.
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minutiae
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the nation's economic ill call for a variety of remedies; they cannot be cured by any single, miraculous _____.
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nostrum
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suddenly i was overcome be such a feeling of _____ peace that i began to wonder whether i was on earth or heaven.
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beatific
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oe way to bring relief to small farmers who cannot meet their mortgage payments is to declare a temporary _____ on foreclosure
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moratorium
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before you dismiss him as just another impractical _____, think of how many great inventors were once regarded as mere "cranks"
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visionary
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though the ability to paint is probably a(n) _____ gift, it can certainly be improved by training and practice.
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innate
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some civil war generals weren't professional soldiers and got their jobs through wire-pulling and others forms of political _____
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chicanery
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though her body had become bent and _____with age, her mind was as alert and active as ever.
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wizened
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no matter what _____ you use to describe his conduct, you can't disguise the fact that he betrayed his best friend.
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euphemism
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some people enjoy the type of atonal music written by such composers as Arnold Schoenberg; others find it _____
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cacophonous
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we were all surprised that someone with the reputation of a frivolous playboy could _____ such courage and determination.
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manifest
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only a fool would have succumbed to the cloying _____ of that smooth-talking rascal!
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blandishment
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