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To adjust to a situation
After many years of being a student, I found it hard to ___ to the schedule of a full-time job. |
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To discourage; make fearful or uneasy
Aaron was ___ when he realized that he wouldn't have enough money to buy a special birthday present for his girlfriend. |
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Separation from one's native country through force or choice
Fernando fled his native country thirty years ago and has lived in ___ ever since. |
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Something said or done to show intention or attitude; indication; signal
As a ___ of sympathy, the neighborhood association sent flowers to Milly when her husband died. |
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To move back or away from a particular point or limit
The heavy blanket of clouds finally began to ___ before he could get to his house to see the damage. |
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To do in return; pay back
I've done many favors for Anne, but she never ____ by doing a favor in return. |
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To prove wrong or false
The lawyer was able to ___ the defendant's claim that she was home the night of the murder. He had found a witness who saw her in a mall store that night. |
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To keep
Plastic storage containers often ___ the odors of foods. I have one that still smells like spaghetti sauce after ten washings. |
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To return to a previous habit or condition
After his release from jail, Sam ___ to his old habit of stealing and ended up in jail again. |
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A ceremony; any actions done regularly in a set manner
___ --set practices that are repeated regularly---are important in most religious traditions. |
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Done with great attention to details; complicated
The dinner required ___ preparation. Each course included a complicated favorite dish of one of the guests. |
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To rise up or come forth
Anna ___ form the dressing room, looking beautiful in a blue prom gown. |
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Foreign; from a different part of the world; strange or different in an appealing way
Orchids are grown in the United States, not just in foreign countries. So Americans really should not consider these flowers ___> |
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Thrifty; avoiding unnecessary expenses
You can stretch your dollars by being ___. For example, using store coupons and waiting for expensive items to be on sale can save a lot of money. |
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Tending to act on sudden urges; not in the habit of planning ahead
Ved is too ___ to make plans. He always prefers to act on the spur of the moment. |
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Having no real interest; unconcerned
Does our society have no interest in homeless children? Are we ___ to the many families who can no longer afford t pay rent? |
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Giving in to someone's desires, often too much so; lenient
Monica's grandparents are too ___ with her. They don't scold her even when she splatters the walls with baby food. |
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Large in amount or quantity; generous
Being a chocolate lover, Amos puts ___ amounts of chocolate chips in his Toll House cookies. |
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Average; ordinary; neither very bad nor very good
The mystery movie was neither terrible not great; it was just _______. |
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Famous; widely known
Winning the Nobel Prize can make a little-known scientist into a ____ world. |
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To indicate to be true; state with certainty
The witness ___ in court that he had seen the defendant commit the robbery. |
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Supposed to be true or real, but not proved; assumed
The ___ killer was never proven guilty in court, but many people believe he committed the murder. |
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To refer indirectly
tracy ___ to Santiago's weight gain by calling him "Santa." |
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To force; compel
To ___ the general into giving up, the rebels kidnapped his daughter. |
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Being or intended for the best or most privileged; superior
The ___ neighborhood in town is surrounded by a high fence and has a guard at its gates. |
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A fundamental characteristic or the most important quality of something; the heart of a matter
Trust is the ___ of a good relationship; without it, the relationship won't last. |
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Freedom from something unpleasant or something required of others
Foreign ambassadors often park in no-parking zones because they have ___ from parking fines. |
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To damage; weaken
The auto accident ___ my ability to walk, leaving me with a limp. |
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To question; ask
Reporters repeatedly ___ the candidate about whether he would raise taxes, but his only reply was, "no comment." |
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Taking pleasure from being cruel
Cats seem to be naturally ___ . Instead of killing their victims u=quickly, they like to make the process slow and drawn-out. |
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Believable; appearing truthful or reasonable
Was Buck's excuse for being late _____? Or did he tell you some unbelievable story? |
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To stir up anger or resentment
My father is slow to anger, but this morning my sister's wisecracks began to _____ him. |
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To occur again; happen repeatedly
Five-year old Arnie's nightmare of ghosts chasing him tends to ___ at least once a week. |
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A formal criticism; a harsh scolding
If a boss wants to criticize a worker, the union requires that the ___ be written. |
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To take away or cancel
Mrs. Byers said she would ___ Ken's privileges at the computer lab if he ever again squirted glue between the computer keys. |
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To make fun of; mock
Ignorant people often ____ my brother because he is so overweight. Even if they had perfect bodies----which they do not----they have no right to tease him. |
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Clever; tricky
Sherry s a ___ chess player. She always surprises her opponents with clever winning moves. |
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Doubting; questioning
Vanessa's family is so rich that she is ___ about any man who asks her out. She wonders if he's interested in her of in her money. |
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A commonly accepted image that is oversimplified, with no individuality taken into account; label;generalization
Bev still accepts the ___ of all athletes as stupid even though the school's star quarterback is her math tutor. |
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A means to reach a goal; method
The best ___ for keeping young children from fighting is to separate them. |
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A result
As a ___ of her heavy spending at the mall, Lily was short of cas until her next paycheck. |
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Something bound to happen to someone;
Believing in fate, the soldier wondered if his ___ was to die in the coming battle. |
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To delay; keep from continuing
___ at home by a friend in urgent need of advice, Gloria was late for work. |
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To lesson; decrease
I waited for my anger to ___ before discussing the problem with my boss. |
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To put off doing something until later
I can't ___ any longer. I must study tonight because the final exam is tomorrow morning. |
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Happening or done at the same time
In a fair race, all starts must be ____. |
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A method; overall plan
The general's ____ was to surround the enemy troops during the night. |
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Boring; uninteresting because of great length, slowness, or repetition
John found the homework assignment ver ___; the questions were dull and repetitious. |
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A business deal or action; exchange of money, goods, or services
___ at flea markets often involve bargaining. |
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Necessary; extremely important
For Teresa to pass her math course, it is ___ that she pass the final exam. |
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Able to, able to be
The couch was too hard to be a ____ bed. |
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Hundred
The ___ doesn't really have a hundred feet; it just has so many that it seems there are a hundred of them. |
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not, lack of
"Only and ___ burglar leaves fingerprints." said the detective |
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Study of, science of
To help them find petroleum, oil companies hire people who have studied ____. |
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Bad, badly
What should we do about the many children suffering from neglect and ____? |
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Hand
The worker's rough hands show he's done much ____ labor |
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Remember
I wrote a ___ to remind me what to do today, but I forgot where I put it. |
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One
When Pastor Brook preached in a ___, he found his congregation snoring in stereo. |
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Carry
We had so many suitcases that we has a ___ take them form the airport to our car. |
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Heat
In the fall, a ___ full of hot soup is a great addition to any hiking gear. |
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To see differences; distinguish
It's easy to ___ between canned and fresh vegetables--fresh vegetables taste much better. |
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Gloomy; cheerless; depressing
Tyrell was disappointed by the ___ news that his knee injury would keep him off the football team for a whole semester. |
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To give out in portions or amounts
The broken soda machine ___ either a cup or soda, but not both together. |
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Deeply felt
Ever since er stepfather insulted her mother, Serena has had a ___ hatred of him. |
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The condition or quality of being severe; harshness; intensity; seriousness
The ___ of the fire could be seen in the burned, smoking ruins of the once beautiful building. |
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The past, present, or future location of a building or buildings or an event.
The oldest private home in the New England town was named a historical ____. |
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To become less active; calm down; decrease
When I'm really furious, a walk around the block makes my anger ____. |
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To send for; order to appear
When the king couldn't sleep, he would ___ the court clown to come and entertain him. |
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About or based on theory (as opposed to practice or practical use); based on a possible explanation; hypothetical
The teacher explained the +++ basis for the chemistry experiment so the class would understand why it worded as it did. |
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A profession or occupation
Raising collies was just a hobby for Louise. Her ___ was library science. |
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To give up; rise; climb
The express elevator ___ directly from the hotel lobby to the restaurant on the twentieth floor. |
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Having limits; limited
The earth's supply of natural resources if ___. If we are not careful, we will use it up. |
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Without limits; endless
Some scientists do not believe the universe is ___; they think it actually has limits. |
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To give or cause (pain or hardship)
Loud music can eventually ___ permanent damage on your hearing. |
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Clever; inventive
Fran thought she had an ___ plan to sneak out of the house, but it wasn't clever enough to fool her grandmother. |
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To begin something; start
True leaders ___ new practices, rather than simply following other people's programs. |
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According to the exact meaning of the words
When I told my nephew to "go fly a kite," I was speaking ____--I gave him a kite for his birthday. |
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To attract by tempting
The loud music and flashing lights ___ many teens to the carnival. |
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Extreme enthusiasm; obsession; fascination
My sister has such a ___ for birdwatching that she once climbed a tree to get a better view of a woodpecker. |
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Desire for something in the past; a feeling of pleasure, sadness, and longing when remembering something from the past
Music from the 1940s fills my grandparents with ___ because it reminds them of their carefree youth. |
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Information gathered for a study or a decision
Jane Goodall collected important ___ on chimpanzees by observing them in the wild. |
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Clumsy; unskillful
I am so ___ at carpentry that in my hand, a hammer is a dangerous weapon. |
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Possessed at birth
Rick's musical must be ____. Even as a young child, he could play the piano by ear and make up his own songs. |
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To come between in order to influence an action, an argument, etc.
When my brothers argue, I get out of the way rather than trying to ____. |
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To express sorrow for or about; mourn for
When her mother died, Evelyn ____ her passing for weeks, crying every day. |
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Shocking and disgusting; horrible; gruesome
Great comedians can turn a topic as ___ as murder into a source of laughter. |
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Stubborn
My father is usually very ___, but not with his sister, who is even more stubborn than he is. |
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The same distance apart at every point
____ lines run alongside each other but never meet. |
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Understanding and insightful; observant; aware
Professor Banks is ver ___, she always seems to know which of her students are under unusual stress. |
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Calm and dignified; serious and unemotional
An experienced surgeon, Dr. Greenbaum remains ___ even in an emergency, performing the most complicated operations with complete self-control. |
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A debate; an argument; discussion of an important issue with opposing views.
Our class is studying the ___ over whether or not the death penalty should exist. |
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A conclusion reached through reasoning
The great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was a master at making ___, reasoning out solutions to puzzling crimes. |
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Measurements in width, length, and sometimes depth
The pool's ___ were odd-- its length and width were huge, yet it wasn't very deep. |
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To break up and spread out; scatter
The basketball landed in the midst of some pigeons, causing them to ___ in all directions. |
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To misrepresent; tell in an untrue or misleading way
To sell more papers, some newspapers ____ the news by reporting rumors as if they were true. |
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Having or using the most control or influence
The ___ baboons of a troop are the biggest, most aggressive males. Fearful of these males, the other baboons yield to them. |
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The order in which one thing follows another
The code's _____ was essential: 342 would turn off the alarm, but 432 or 234 would not. |
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Wise about the ways of the world; knowledgeable; experienced
Having already worked for four years, sixteen-year-old Eddied is more ____ about the world of work than any of his friends. |
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Disloyal; traitorous
I felt it was ____ of my friend Juan to go out with my old girlfriend the day after she and I broke up. |
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Unimportant; not significant
When I'm nervous, it helps me to concentrate on some ___ activity, such as washing dishes or watching a game show. |
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To support; show the truth of; verify
Mr. Smith was released by the police when someone ___ his statement that he had been out of town the day of the murder. |
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Misleading; intended or intending to deceive
The seeming ease with which Naomi plays the piano is ___. Actually, she practices four hours each day. |
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To boldly oppose; openly resist; stand up to
The automotive plant workers voted to ___ the company and go on strike. |
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To hold back from action
Deion was so angry that we had to ___ him by force from punching Neal. |
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The condition of being apart or far from others; isolation
I work best in ___, where no one can interrupt the flow of my thoughts. |
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To give in to another's authority or will; yield
After bucking wildly for several minutes, the horse calmed down and ___ to the rider. |
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Likely to be affected with or influenced; likely to be infected
People who smoke are more ___ to colds than others. |
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To communicate; pass or spread (information, an illness, etc.)
Emergency messages were ___ over all the city's radio stations. |
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Firmly based on facts or logic; logical; based on good reasons
The research study was not _____ because much of the "evidence" had been made up by the researcher. |
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Lively; energetic; strong
My eighty-year-old grandmother is still ____ enough to walk five miles every day. |
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To speed up
The sleds began sliding down the hill slowly and the ___ to top speed. |
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Harmful; unfavorable
Mozart created musical masterpieces in spite of his ___ circumstances----illness and debt. |
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A supporter; someone who argues for a cause
My physician is an ____ of using nicotine gum to quit smoking. She says the gum helps people resist cigarettes. |
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Able to be heard
Dogs, bats, and other animals can hear high-pitched sounds that are not ___ to humans. |
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Organized in a logical and orderly way
To be sure that your essay has a ___ organization, write an outline first. |
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Similar; able to be compared
Since the quality of low-mileage used cars is often ___ to that of brand-new ones, my parents never buy new cars. |
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Capable; well qualified; skilled
To be a ____ juggler takes a lot of practice. |
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Following one after another without interruption
The reporters would work nights for two ___ weeks, and then they'd work days for a month straight. |
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Obvious; easily noticed
Nina's wide brimmed red hat is so ___ that it's impossible not to catch sight of her in a crowd. |
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To become worse; become weaker or damaged
Over many years, the abandoned house had ___ until its walls crumbled and its floorboards rotted. |
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