Untitled Flashcards

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Rita had been lying in the hot sun so long that nothing could disturb her (endurance, torpor, notoriety).

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Torpor

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"I'm afraid we may be looking at a serious typhoid (epidemic, pandemic, venture)," said the doctor.

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Epidemic

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The advertising campaign for soda was directed at a specific (mundane, penitent, demographic) segment.

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Demographic

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The host invited many celebrities so that the New Year's Eve party would be a (mundane, pertinent, scintillating) event.

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Scintillating

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The new business (venture, duress, demagogue) proved to be a loss for its investors.

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Venture

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Troy wanted to wear his lizard-skin cowboy boots under his graduation gown, but his mother was (penitent, adamant, unkempt) in her opposition.

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Adamant

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Don't you find it hard to do favors for people who never (reciprocate, lavish, hamper) your kindness?

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Reciprocate

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I admired the (endemic, complacent, methodical) way Elena separated each small strand of hair before she braided them.

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Methodical

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By trying to create a pure German nation, Adolf Hitler became the best-known (epidemic, venture, demagogue) of this century.

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Demagogue

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Jesse James's (torpor, notoriety, endurance) is known to anyone who has read about the Wild West.

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Notoriety