Vocabulary Workshop Level e unit 5 completing the sentences - Flashcards | StudyHippo.com (2024)

Michael Seabolt

7 July 2022

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doctors attributed theepidemic to the rampant spread of a particulary _____ strain of influenza virus

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virulent

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my parents will not _____ to my going ot the dance unless i promise faithfully to be home no later than 1

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assent

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as a school cafetaria guard, i would be _____ in my duties if i failed to report a serious disturbance

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remiss

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we were all impressed by your ______ use of unusual words and expressions that you had learned only a few hours before

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facile

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humor should be clever and amusing but never so ____ that it hurts the feelings of other people

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pungent

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the pathetic refugees _______ alont the dusty road, hoping to reach the Red Cross camp before nightfall

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ploded

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i rarely join in te discussions, not because i lack information and ideas , but rather because i am ________

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diffident

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history tells us tha tmany men and wormen regarded as failures in their own lifetimes were really major ________ of humanityh

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benefactor

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the principal claimed that there were major ________ between what actually happened in the school and the way the incident was reported on tv

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discrepancies

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what good are _________ principles if no real attempt is made to help people by putting those principles into practice?

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altruistic

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i did not realize how beautiful the twins were until they fell asleep and i saw their faces in complete _________

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repose

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in view of the many able people in public life today, i do not agree that we are suffering from a ______ of capable leaders

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dearth

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do you really think it is ______ to give your seat to a pretty young women when an aged lady is standing nearby

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chivalrous

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refuising to admit defeat wven when things looked completely hopeless, our ________ football team drove eighty- five yards in the last few minutes to score the winning touchdown

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indomitable

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he is not merely unpleasant but actually dangerous whenever he gets into one of his __________ moods

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truculent

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the rash young lieutenant had the ________ to disregard the express orders of the commanding officer

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temerity

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emphasizing the youth of the convicted man, the defense attorney pleaded for ______

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clemency

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your _______ joy when it was announced that i had won the scholarship meant more to me than all the polite congratulations i reveived

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unfeigned

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as soon as the last passenger had _______, the captain ordered the ship to get under way

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embark

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the custom of putting erasers on pencils is one of recgonizing the fact that no on is ________

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infallible