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20 Cards in this Set
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I went over to the victim's mother to ____ my feelings about her loss.
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commiserate
(kuh-MIH-zeh-rate) verb |
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Cereal is manufactored in a ____ amount every hour.
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copious
(Ko-pee-us) adjective |
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There is a certain ____ expected to be displayed at a funeral home.
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decorum
(dih-COR-um) noun |
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I, unlike most of my peers, have an ____ sense of taste for music, art, and clothing.
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eclectic
(eh-KLEK-tic) adjective |
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If you laugh while you are being punished, you will only ____ the situation.
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exacerbate
(ig-ZA-sur-bate) verb |
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Drinking the water from the bowl used to clean yourfingers is a commonly performed _____.
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faux pas
(foe PAW0 noun |
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Cheerleaders are considered to be some of the most ____ people in a learning astablishment.
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gregarious
(gri-GARE-ee-uss) adjective |
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High school freshmen are some of the most ____ people known.
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hapless
(HA-pluss) adjective |
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Spring Break the most looked-forward-to ____ of many college students.
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hiatus
(hie-AY-tuss) noun |
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It is not good to have an ____ cramp session at 3 in the morning on the day of the test.
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incessant
(in-SEH-sunt) adjective |
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I was able to ____ due to your blood-shot eyes that you had cried recently.
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infer
(in-FUR) verb |
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Boys feel that most schoolwork is extremely ____ and therefore procrastinate when they shoudn't.
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laborious
(lah-BORE-ee-uss) adjective |
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Almost every educator, engineer, accountant, or scientist is a ____ individual.
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learned
(LUR-nid) adjective |
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Bill Gates and his wife are ____ donators to many reputable charities.
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magnanimous
(mag-NAH-nuh-mus) adjective |
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I currently ____ at Cass Technical High School.
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matriculate
(muh-TRIH-kyoo-late) verb |
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On the test we had to show what each person represented if the characters of "Of Mice and Men" were a ____ of the US government.
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microcosm
(MY-kruh-kah-zum) noun |
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MVEMJSUNP is a ____ for remembering the order of the planets.
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mnemonic
(nih-MAH-nik) noun |
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The love I feel for you is ____ compared to my love for him.
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modicum
(MAH-dih-kum) noun |
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It would be extremely ____ for a Christian woman to have pre-marital sex.
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nefarious
(nih-far-ee-us) adjective |
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Walking up to the perfume counter I was greeted by the ____ scents of about20 different perfumes.
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odoriferous
(oh-duh-RIH-fuh-russ) adjective |
