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| Sharon Shoeless was an aggressive, ___ ( ) critic of the performing arts; she verbally tore apart any work of a new and unseasoned playwright, exhibiting animosity in all her reviews. | hostile (adj) |
| Henrietta's ideas about wearing uniforms to school ___ ( ) or generated controversy at her lunch table. | spawned (v) |
| Shackleton set out on his hazardous or ___ ( ) Endurance expedition in August 1914. | perilous (adj) |
| Attending an Ivy League school is a ___ ( ) accomplishment that many students hope to achieve. | prestigious (adj) |
| JabaLaba Trading Company became a ___ ( ) workplace, one of constant opposition, once Mr. Cranker took over the president's position. | hostile (adj) |
| The Pepperoni crime __ ( ) was eventually brought to justice by the new attorney general. | syndicate (n) |
| The cold weather system that moved in from Canada ___ ( ) a devastating blizzard in New England. | spawned (v) |
| The intense summer sun on my back patio makes it a ____ ( ) environment for shade-loving flowers. | hostile (adj) |
| The unsafe, ___ ( ) seas around the southern continent chase the faint of heart back to warmer and calmer waters. | perilous (adj) |
| The __ ( ) of being selected valedictorian quite overwhelmed Kevin, and it took him a few minutes to gain composure. | prestige (n) |
| Hoping to build a new high-rise apartment building on Route 202, the ___ ( ) worked hard to get the approval of the planning board. | syndicate (n) |
| Its thick wooden __ ( ) was designed for plowing through polar ice. | hull (n) |
| Granny Dugan just could not ___ ( ) or tolerate the sound of noisy, bratty children. | endure (v) |
| Though it is difficult, we must ____ ( ) the loss of our starting quarterback and work hard to train Ed as his replacement; suffering through the training of Ed will not be easy, but we'll have to do it. | endure (v) |
| An ____ ( ) is a journey or excursion taken for a specific purpose. | expedition (n) |
| When ten of my friends stopped over unexpectedly, I had to ___ ( ) a dinner party with the remains of last week's lunches. | improvise (infinitive) |
| The iceberg slashed through the ___ ( ) of the ship, which brought about a quick demise. | hull (n) |
| Despite her dislike of Uggs, the style ___ ( ) for most of her high school and college years. | endured (v) |
| The skill of ___ ( ) is invaluable when you live in an area far from the hustle and bustle of convenience stores and shopping malls. | improvisation (n) |
| My marine biology class was invited on an ___ ( ) to recover the remains of a sunken pirate ship. | expedition (n) |
| A ___ ( ) crowd, one with an assorted collection of individuals, appeared at my door demanding to use my phone. | motley (adj) |
| Old King Cole ___ ( ) for his pipe, bowl, and fiddlers three. | bellowed (v) |
| A ___ ( ) pack of coyotes, one with mixed colors, sizes, and personalities, screams in my woods every night at sundown. | motley (adj) |
| Little Miss Muffet ___ ( ) in disgust when she saw the spider that sat down beside her. | bellowed (v) |
| The ___ ( ) of the barnyard animals woke Fern early in the morning. | din (n) |
| Deciding that time was precious, General Peter delivered a ___ ( ) summary and then ordered everyone to man their battle stations; he was brusque but the situation demanded it. | terse (adj) |
| The Raritan was ___ ( ) with trout, and the fishermen were grateful for the bounty. | teeming (v) |
| Elephant seals and penguins created a ____ ( ) that sailors often found annoying. | din (n) |
| Mary responded to the EMT worker's questions with a quavering, a ___ ( ) smile. | tremulous (adj) |
| The fortress was ___ ( ); the opposing army could not break through during the attack. | impenetrable (adj) |
| Ida could tell that Bernie was annoyed; Bernie responded to all her inquiries with brusque, ___ ( ) replies. | terse (adj) |
| The convention crowd was ___ ( ) with questions about the candidates' tax plan. | teeming (v) |
| Rachel's shaking, ___ ( ) voice was the clue that all was not well at school. | tremulous (adj) |
| Lou kept his fortune at the bank, an ___ ( ) building surrounded by fencing and security guards. | impenetrable (adj) |
| Professor Lyndon answered the freshman's questions __ ( ) and moved on to more important topics; he was known for his curt responses and hated for them. | tersely (adv) |
| It was hard to determine what was a real threat and what was merely a _____ ( ), one that didn't really exist. | phantom (n) |
| The weaver birds began their ___ ( ) noisy chatter, fighting for the best position to build a new nest. | incessant (adj) |
| Ghostlike (or ___________) airships, UFOs, and the like are all daydreams trying to become reality. | phantom (adj) |
| The apparition, the ___ ( ), of his lost steed fooled him so often that he wasn't sure if it was alive or dead. | phantom (n) |
| This wouldn't be Henry's last visit to the Best Buy customer service counter or the end of his ___ ( ) stream of complaints about his malfunctioning navigation system. | incessant (adj) |
| From the moment Lucy arrived at the celebration, it turned into a ___ ( ) affair, with no one taking the initiative to socialize or have fun. | dour (adj) |
| After losing his fortune betting on the ponies, Rufus's life was to be one of mounting debts and almost ____ ( ) toil. | incessant (adj) |
| Our waiter is an unfriendly, grim, ____ ( ) young man who displays all the symptoms of a poor upbringing. | dour (adj) |
| Our bus driver on the Scottish tour was an unfriendly individual, a ___ ( ) old Scotsman, who never had a pleasant word for any of us. | dour (adj) |
| Shanley ____ ( ) her plain white t-shirt with bows, sequins, and bright puffy fabric paint. | embellished (v) |
| Edna always ___ ( ) her stories, never believing that they were interesting as they actually happened. | embellished ( v) |
| The impostor lies or ____ ( ) the truth in order to sustain his fantasy. | embellishes (v) |
