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It was certainly a/an arduous task to proofread the new edition of the telephone book.
arduous means …
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arduous means …
grueling
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strenuous
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difficult |
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He never went to extremes with anything. And this habit of living life with temperance helped him to achieve an old age.
temperance means …
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temperance means …
self-restraint
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self-control |
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Reading the great Greek philosophers put me in a speculative mood, and I spent the rest of the day deep in thought.
speculative means …
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speculative means …
theoretical
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intellectually curious |
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Elizabeth Proctor lived her life with the utmost rectitude; she had a strong moral code and lived by it.
rectitude means …
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rectitude means …
righteousness
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decency
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uprightness |
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The coach’s goal was not to mortify Bob when she called attention to his poor performance. But when she saw the tears starting to roll down his cheek, she knew it had had that effect anyway.
mortify means …
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mortify means …
to humiliate
or
to shame
or
to embarrass |
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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, lives a life of affluence.
affluence means …
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affluence means …
riches
or
wealth |
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My dad’s angry countenance was ominous; I knew I was in trouble.
countenance means …
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countenance means …
facial expression |
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Shakespeare’s works did not die with him. Rather, they have lived on and will continue to reach all of posterity.
posterity means …
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posterity means …
future generations |
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Some people spend more time on artifice, inventing all sorts of stories and excuses, to get out of work than they would have spent doing the work itself.
artifice means …
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artifice means …
deception
or
trickery |
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Felicity is a condition for which we all strive, but no one ever experiences perpetual happiness.
felicity means …
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felicity means …
great happiness
or
bliss |
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