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| 1. They had to wait for the storm to _______ before they could get off the island. | abate |
| 2. Athletes a lot of times have to enjoy ______ from their fans. | adulation |
| 3. The television show was ______ to my dad but not to me. | anethema |
| 4. An _____ management of money is skill needed these days. | astute |
| 5. Today’s government has ____for money. | avarice |
| 6. It was the owner of the house’s ______neglect that left the house in disarray. | culpable |
| 7. She was always ____in doing her homework. | dilatory |
| 8. Whoever let that woman on stage is guilty of an _____blunder. | egregious |
| 9. I will not cast my vote to a candidate who shows such marked tendency to ______. | equivocate |
| 10. Looking back on past summers, I saw that the magic of them were ______. | evanescent |
| 11. Many people these days have a tendency to be ______ about what they want to do with their lives. | irresolute |
| 12. The original idea had become somewhat _____. | nebulous |
| 13. Some people are not patient and do not realize that his mistakes are typical of a ____ in this line of work. | novice |
| 14. Many people in Africa suffer from _____. | penury |
| 15. Some presidential candidates these days are thought to be ______. | pretentious |
| 16. Teachers want students to _____ the plot of a story instead of saying if they liked the story | recapitulate |
| 17. Sometimes doctors can _____ patients, but other times they can not. | resuscitate |
| 18. His room was in a _____ state, and it took him all day to clean it up. | slovenly |
| 19. Guided by a ______ that turned out to be false, they made some disastrous decisions. | supposition |
| 20. The warm weather outside made me _____ after I went outside. | torpid |
