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| continuity (def.) | (noun) an uninterrupted succession or flow; a coherent whole; stability |
| continuity (sent.) | The *** of the royal line was interrupted when the queen and king did not have any children who could take over the throne. Instead, the title of king was given to a distant cousin from Germany. |
| tenement (def.) | (noun) apartment building; public housing |
| tenement (sent.) | During the summer months, neighbors living in the ***decided to host a party in their common courtyard. |
| tenet (def.) | (noun) principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| tenet (sent.) | Freedom of speech is a ***of democracy. |
| tenuous (def.) | (adjective) having little substance; flimsy; weak; unconvincing |
| tenuous (sent.) | After dealing with her cranky kindergarteners for the months of April and May, Mrs. Clark’s hold on her patience was ***. She knew she was about to run out and was grateful that summer was so close. |
| untenable (def.) | (adjective) incapable of being held or defended; unsound; indefensible |
| untenable (sent.) | Once the general realized that the army’s position was ***, he ordered a retreat to a safer location. |
| premonition (def.) | (noun) a forewarning; an intuitive anticipation of a coming event; a hunch |
| premonition (sent.) | Despite having a ***about the old, abandoned house, Lucy ignored her intuition and entered it anyway, never to be heard from again. |
| admonish (def.) | (verb) to scold; to warn of a fault; to reprove; to rebuke; to reprimand |
| admonish (sent.) | The cashier was ***by her boss not to give away any more ice cream to her friends, but she did not heed his warning and was therefore fired. |
| monitor (def.) | (verb) keep track of; regulate, or control the operation of a machine or process |
| monitor (sent.) | One aspect of a teacher’s job is to ***the students’ behavior in hallways after school. |
| mandate (def.) | ( noun) authoritative command; territory administered by a trustee |
| mandate (sent.) | • The reelected candidate regarded her huge popular vote as a ***from the people to • The reelected candidate regarded her huge popular vote as a ***from the people to continue the policies of her first term in office. |
| mandatory (def.) | (adjective) obligatory; required by command |
| mandatory (sent.) | The coach regards attendance at today’s practice as ***; no one is excused. |
| countermand (def.) | (verb) issue a contrary order |
| countermand (sent.) | Because the general did not agree with the colonel’s order, he decided to ***it. |
| remand (def.) | (verb) send back; recommit, as to prison |
| remand (sent.) | Since the retrial resulted in a verdict of “guilty,” the judge was obliged to ***the defendant to the state penitentiary. |
| man-/mandat- (def.) | order, command, commit |
| mon-/monit- (def.) | warn; remind |
| ten-/tin-/tent- (def.) | hold, keep |
