Sadlier Unit 2 Level D- VanderVeen 2025 59?s

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Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so ________________ on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok."

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erratic

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When the national economy is expanding, new housing developments begin to ______________; when times are lean, construction slacks off.

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proliferate

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The fact that you say you are truly sorry does not ________________ for the pain I have suffered as a result of your cruelty.

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compensate

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Their so-called peace initiative proved to be nothing more than a clever _________ designed to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.

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feint

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A telegram was usually as ___________ as possible, since there was a charge for every word used in it.

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terse

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A(n) _____________ student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any marks that are above average.

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mediocre

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To enlarge the areas under their control, kings of old sent out their armies to _____________ their neighbors.

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subjugate

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The speaker advised us not to imitate the __________ kind of person who squanders time and money in the vain pursuit of pleasure.

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dissolute

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The fact that you say you are truly sorry does not _______ for the pain I have suffered as a result of your cruelty.

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compensate

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(n) a citizen of another country; (adj) foreign, strange (SYN) exotic, unfamiliar, (ANT) native, endemic, familiar -- The _____ captured Maggie and brought her to Mars.

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alien