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| Since the defendant was never given a chance to prove his innocence, his so-called "trial" was nothing more than a ___________. |
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| I know what it is that I have to do, and you may be certain that I will not ___________ my duty. |
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| It is a curious fact of nature that most ____________ are unable to survive when they are separated from the organisms they feed on. |
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| The practice session was so _____________ that we scarcely had the strength to get to the dressing room and take our showers. |
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| Ever since the new tax laws went into effect, there has been speculation as to who the real _____________ of the changes will be. |
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| All the members of that family are such _______ people that we are always completely at ease whenever we visit them. |
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| The ___________ of food produced each year in the United States is desperately needed to feed hungry people all over the world. |
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| Many people both here and abroad seem to have a _____________ fascination with the tragic fate of the Russian royal family. |
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| It is hard to believe that a teenager so courageous and able on a camping trip can show so much _____________ when invited to a dance. |
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| Though the cabin was a little ___________ when we bought it, we were able to spruce it up without going to a great deal of expense. |
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| Why must you _______ up your mind so many trivial and useless scraps of information? |
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| When he realized that he had been tricked by his opponent, he let out a ___________ of rage that could be heard all over the gym. |
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| They gave me so ___________ a helping of dinner that for the first time in my life I was unable to polish off the food on my plate. |
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| Unfortunately, the brave lifeguard's valiant attempts to rescue the drowning swimmer proved ___________. |
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| The inexperienced assistant ____________ the business letter he was trying to compose and had to rewrite it. |
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| He is such a _____________ liar that no one takes anything he says seriously anymore. |
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| When I accepted the invitation to join them on the vessel, I didn't realize that I had agreed to help ______________ the ship. |
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| The animals in the zoo are kept in quarters that are designed to imitate their _________________ in the wild. |
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| As a child she was so ________________ by her grandparents that she still seems to thing that her wishes should be instantly granted. |
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