| A | B |
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| The trial was a _ of justice because several of the jurors had been bribed. | travesty |
| King Henry VII of England was _ not only for getting married six times, but also for ordering two of his wives executed. | notorious |
| To capture readers' attention, an author sometimes begins an article with a(n)_ question, such as, "Which do you think is more dangerous, climbing stairs or parachuting out of an airplane?" | provocative |
| In some modern paintings, human figures are distorted into such _ shapes that it's hard to recognize facial features and body parts. | grotesque |
| Lining the music school's hallway are framed _s of handwritten pages of music by great composers. | facsimile |
| Legal documents are usually worded in such _ language that most people need a lawyer to translate the "legalese" into plain English. | esoteric |
| As I stood looking at the grandfather clock, I became _ (e)d by the shiny pendulum that swung back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. | mesmerize |
| Usually the therapist showed great interest in her patients, but today she was too worried about her own family to give more than _ reponses. | perfunctory |
| My sister's dormitory room is rather _, with cement-block walls and bare floors, but she's made it less stark by hanging colorful posters and adding bright bedspreads and cushions. | austere |
| The magician David Copperfield does a trick calle "_." One person is chained and locked in a box. When the box is opened, that person is gone, and someone else is chained there instead. | metamorphosis |
