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| I don't think you can really accuse the producers of _____ favoritism simmply because they chose a friend for the title role. | blatant |
| I will not in any way ____ their plans to play a cruel and humiliating trick on an unoffending person. | abet |
| "When I first ____ this topic two years ago," I observed, "my ideas were met by a very indifferent reception. | broached |
| Aren't you exaggerating when you suggest that the job of stock clerk calls for someone with _____ strength? | herculean |
| If the pages aren't ___ properly, they'll be out of proper sequence when our class magazine is bound. | collated |
| The mangled bodies of the victims told their own ____ story of what had happened. | grisly |
| When I saw the worried expression on the face of my employer, I realized that it wasn't a(n) _____ time to ask for a raise. | opportune |
| One need not be a(n) ____ of modern dance to recognize that martha is exceptionally talented in that field. | connoisseur |
| The New Year's Eve party started off quietly enough, but it soon became a full-fledged ______. | carousal |
| The testimony of three different witnesses, all confirming the same basic facts, made the guilt of the accused ______. | incontrovertible |
| Ms. B original diagnosis, although questioned by several colleagues, was strongly ____ by the results of the laboratory tests. | buttressed |
| You will neve be able to complete this hike if you ____ yourself with so much "essential equipment." | encumber |
| What could be more ____ than the long drive home on the rainy night after we had lost the championship game by one point! | disconsolate |
| In spite of her long and ___ career, her reputation today rests entirely on one great play. | prolific |
| Psychologists tell us that people who seem to be unusually ____ are often the ones most likely to lose control of their emotions in times of stress. | impassive |
| I wasn't so much surprised at not getting the job as I was ___ by hisstrange explanation that I was "overqualified." | nonplussed |
| The speaker's inept replies to questions from the floor were met with a barrage of indignant ____. | rejoinders |
