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| abject | He was _____ after losing his job and house. |
| abscond | Some people _____ from their own wedding instead of saying, "I do." |
| affect | Do sad movies _____ your mood? |
| amorphous | His essay was so _____, it was impossible to understand. |
| accord | We shooks hands after the meeting since we were in _____. |
| allegation | "That's an _____!" the man shouted. "Prove it!" |
| amalgamated | When oil and gas giants Exxon and Mobil _____ in 1998, ExxonMobile became the 7th largest public company in the world. |
| apparent | By the look on her face, it was _____ she was in a lot of pain. |
| cantankerous | In the movie "It's a Wonderful Life," Mr. Potter is an old, _____ man who hates life. |
| coast | Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern _____ of Africa. |
| concerned | Mary is ______ about her friend in the hospital. |
| conducts | Maestro Williams ______ the symphony very well. |
| constituted | He ______ his business as an LLC (limited liability corporation). |
| convivial | We had fun at the party. Everyone was so ______. |
| effect | The ______ of exercise is improved health. |
| entreated | “I beg you!” he ______. “Allow me to marry your daughter!” |
| epicurean | Pig hooves sautéed in garlic butter is an ______ delicacy |
| hapless | After thieves broke into his home safe and stole his life’s savings, everyone considered him ______. |
| famished | I’m so ______ I could eat a horse. |
| hackneyed | “You’re telling it again?” she said, rolling her eyes. “That joke is so ______.” |
| hyperbole | He’s as skinny as a toothpick is an example of ______. |
| impute | She was angry he would ______ her of stealing his cell phone. |
| inane | Marco thought his point was important, but it was simply ______. |
| inchoate | Because my boss never organizes his desk, it’s always ______. |
| indigent | Many families were ______ during the Great Depression of 1929. |
| inflame | People who preach hate ______ me. |
| intend | I ______ to graduate in May 2020. |
| issue | When they turned over the victim’s body, an ______ of blood flowed from her stomach. |
| magnanimous | He was a kind and ______ father to his children. |
| minute | There were ______ traces of mercury in the soil. |
| morsel | Many people think to lose weight they can only eat a ______ of food. |
| overture | The ______ to Puccini’s opera, “Madame Butterfly,” is very beautiful. |
| pensive | Oyeniyi seemed mysterious; he was always quiet and ______. |
| perennial | Plantain Lilies are ______ garden flowers. |
| marginalized | To be discriminated against is to be ______. |
| perturbed | Her roommate’s snoring ______ her. |
| practice | Marriage is a common ______ in most cultures. |
| precipitous | They were hang-gliding off a very ______ cliff. |
| privation | Although many North Koreans suffer from extreme poverty, President Kim Jong Un does not share their _______. |
| reminisce | Many people ______ about the good old days. |
| rendition | Tupac Shakur's song, "Changes" is a ______ of the original song, "That's Just the Way It Is," written by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. |
| renowned | Patrice Lumumba is ______ as the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo after its 1960 independence from Belgium colonial rule. |
| abundant | To be spiritually rich is to have ______ joy. |
| smattering | She knew a ______ of Italian words but not enough to travel alone in Italy. |
| specious | You know that's a ______ argument; you just won't admit it. |
| unaffected | She has a natural beauty that is ______. |
| vex | Why must you always ______ me with your cantankerous attitude? |
| vociferous | We were awake at 3 a.m. because of the ______ house party next door. |
| wan | They found the dog in an abandoned garage, ______ and shivering. |
| obstinate | There's no use trying to make Danny change his mind. He is ______ even when he's wrong. |
