Question 1

vociferous

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At lunchtime, the room rang with the sound of _________ debates between the fans of rival teams.

Question 2

waived

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The Tech team was offside of the play; but since we had thrown them for an eight-yard loss, we _______ the five-yard penalty.

Question 3

buffering

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Which great poet said that his head was "bloody but unbowed" under the ________ of fate?

Question 4

voluminous

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Even in his old age, Thomas Jefferson kept up a __________ correspondence with important people in America and abroad.

Question 5

amending

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The Founding Fathers set up a method of ___________ the constitution that is neither too easy nor too difficult to use.

Question 6

chaos

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We can expect ________ in the years ahead if we do not develop a realistic conservation policy.

Question 7

discern

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If you examine the evidence carefully, you will soon _____ the contradictions in the witness's story.

Question 8

reprehensible

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I don't know which was more _______ - making improper use of the money or lying about it later.

Question 9

inter

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The time has come for us to ________ our ancient disputes and go forward as a truly united people

Question 10

somber

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In 1940, Winston Churchill conveyed to the British people the _________ truth that they were fighting for their national existence.

Question 11

obviate

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A compromise agreement reached in the judge's chambers would clearly ________ the need for a long, costly lawsuit.

Question 12

martinet

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When he accused me of playing fast and loose with the rules, I lost my temper and called him an officious _____________.

Question 13

commodious.

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I'm not so sure that I want to rent a bungalow so ____________ that I'll have room for my guests every weekend.

Question 14

abhor

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I would not say that I _________ housework, but I must admit that I avoid it whenever I can.

Question 15

squalid

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Instead of trying to help the people who had elected him, he became involved in a ____________ little quarrel about handing out jobs.

Question 16

renegades

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It is hard for use to realize that the great men who led our revolution were considered ___________ by the British King.

Question 17

corrosive

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History gives us many examples of how the _________ effects of religious hatred can weaken the entire social structure.

Question 18

implicate

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Didn't it occur to them by signing the letter "Sophomores of Central High", they would ________ the entire class in the protest?

Question 19

turbulence

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Some people would prefer the __________ of life in a big city to the more placid atmosphere of a small town.

Question 20

extant

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The custom by which a young man buys his bride through a payment to her father is still ________ in some parts of the world.

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