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| Greg’s excellent poem won the ___ of his friends. | acclaim (n.) high praise |
| The research writer had to ___ the reproductive system of a flower for his report. | analyze (v.) break down a topic into parts and explain them |
| The ___ hospital was very bare, but its cleanliness helped to keep patients healthy. | antiseptic (adj.) clean, sterile |
| After a full day’s work, the man was ___ down the street on his way home. | plodding (v.) walking or moving heavily and laboriously; trudging |
| Though he actually wanted to use his parents’ car to go on a date, Nick borrowed his parents’ car under the ___ of attending a group study session. | pretense (n.)an appearance or action intended to deceive |
| The fans were ___ in their cheers for the star basketball player. | profuse (adj.) plentiful, abundant |
| The villagers ___ at the sight of the fierce dragon. | quail (v.) draw back in fear; lose heart |
| Still, there are egregious cases of negligence and malpractice in which injured parties should have the right to ___. | redress (n.) compensation for a wrong done |
| Feeling sick, Chuck ___ his dinner. | regurgitate 1. (v.) to vomit |
| Margaret rushed through the test, ___ all of the facts she’d memorized an hour earlier. | regurgitate (v.) to throw back exactly |
| After Tony applied a ___ to his brilliant red sunburn, he soon felt a little better. | salve (n.) a soothing balm |
| Jim, laid up in bed with a nasty virus, enjoyed the ___ attentions of his mother, who brought him soup and extra blankets. | solicitous (adj.) concerned, attentive |
| When he got drunk, Robinson’s white skin became rather ___. | . swarthy (adj.) of dark color or complexion |
| The haughty writer did not realize how we all really felt about his ___ prose. | turgid (adj.) swollen, excessively embellished in style or language |
| Everyone in the world wants to live in a ___, but no one can agree how to go about building one. | utopia (n.) an imaginary and remote place of perfection |
| Are there any studies that confirm or___ the earliest possible recollection in early childhood. | verify (v.) prove to be true by evidence |
