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Because the contract offer was a NEBULOUS one, the union leaders balked at it.

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unclear, vague

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Ezra pound, the expatriate poet, was REVILED for his pro-Fascist remarks.

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scolded

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when the grand jury refused to INDICT him, the mobster was exonerated.

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accuse

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Every time his accountant called with PESKY pecuniary problems, Ben was very blunt with him.

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annoying

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The columnist was ordered to recant her DEROGATORY statement.

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belittling, disparaging

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Left holding the bag

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To be left to suffer the blame

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while the palace guards were in REPOSE, the rebels coup began in earnest.

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state of rest

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Coach Fischer issued a fait that required that his players be ABSTEMIOUS.

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moderate in eating or drinking

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the REDOLENT sent that came from the bakery created in Eloise a sense of nostalgia for her grandmother's bread.

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fragrant

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OMNIVOROUS eaters find the dietary laws in some hotels to be too restrictive.

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eating any kind of food

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Regardless of how DESPERATE their crimes were, all the prisoners were freed by the general amnesty.

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different

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A lick and a promise

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To do something in a hasty and superficial manner

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hundreds of EXTANT copies of Shakespeare's signature came from the same prolific forger

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Still existing

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the VICISSITUDES of life in the Medical Corps are not for the squeamish

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Difficulties

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We originally planned on the skyscraper but had to settle for the truncated EDIFICE

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A building

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When he learned that the movie was to be replete with SULTRY scenes, the cautious banker refuse to underwrite its cost

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Extremely hot and moist, torrid

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General Fox needed a TRENCHANT report on the enemy's latent strength

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keen, incisive

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Tongue in cheek

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Insincerely

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she advocated LUGUBRIOUS music as appropriate background for the funeral

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Very sad

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Although the Debater's rebuttal was PUISSANT, it was totally irrelevant

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Powerful

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The plague continued UNABATED, and the hapless Friar John was unable to deliver the note to Romeo

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Without subsiding

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a good barometer of the reunions success was the number of MAUDLIN songs that the Alumni sang

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Sentimental

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dean Flanigan admonished us for our LEVITY at the graduation exercises.

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Lightness of disposition

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To take the wind out of one's sails

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To remove someone's advantage