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| Although the King of Siam was an ______ monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without ______ evidence of her infidelity. |
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| One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ______ themselves to their new and often strange environments. |
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| When the two young men ______ me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me. |
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| The fisherman was ______ with the best that the sporting goods store could supply |
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| James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and ______ remarks. |
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| Welles's success in Citizen Kane marked the ______ of his career as an actor; never again did he achieve such popular acclaim. |
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| Although she appeared to ______ to her employer's suggestions, I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made. |
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| His ______ by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty. |
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| Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ______, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions. |
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| It is a crime to ______ foods without informing the buyer. |
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| Batman struggled to save Gotham City from the machinations of his wicked ______, the Joker. |
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| Since you ______ to this matter so frequently, you must regard it as important. |
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| Despite Tom's ______ of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie. |
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| First the registrar had to ______ his signature to the license; then he had to affix his official seal. |
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| We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ______ that there was very little time for the meeting. |
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| It took weeks to assort the ______ of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip. |
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| The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may ______ his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress. |
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| The ______ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination. |
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| The ______ demanded proof before she would accept the statement of the minister. |
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| We were all ______ at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery. |
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| The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of ______. |
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| Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room, an ______ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple. |
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| John Smith's ______ was Bob Jones. |
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| Pilgrim's Progress is an ______ of the temptations and victories of the human soul. |
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| This should ______ the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs. |
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| the ______ to mythological characters in Milton's poems bewilder the reader who has not studied Latin. |
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| The farmers found the ______ deposits at the mouth of the river very fertile. |
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| In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly ______ deed. |
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