context clues /synonyms #2 - PantherTime

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His lucid lectures, along with his clearly presented explanations, made him a popular professor.

• comprehensible

• misunderstood

• loud

• lustrous

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Their vociferous chatter made me wish I had ear plugs.

• mumbling

• outspoken

• rude

• soft-spoken

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He was so impudent to his mother that I would have punished him if he had talked to me that way.

• polite

• gentle

• impertinent

• rowdy

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The Russians are skillful at sending cryptic messages, open to many interpretations. Our State Department spends days puzzling over their meanings.

• candid

• undemanding

• straightforward

• mysterious

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The Great Flood of Noah’s day was caused by incessant rain that fell for 40 days and nights.

• ceaseless

• intermittent

• glorified

• unsustained

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The students who arrived late told the teacher an implausible story about stopping to watch a UFO.

• convincing

• questionable

• extensive

• pertinent

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After spending three weeks in the hospital, I had a surfeit of daytime TV programming.

• lack

• dearth

• abundance

• length

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The prisoners liberated from the Nazi death camp were so emaciated that they looked like skeletons.

• stout

• glutinous

• verbose

• thin

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Bob decided to be prudent and call ahead for reservations, instead of just showing up.

• insatiable

• sensible

• outrageous

• vivacious

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The ambiguity of Joe’s directions made it almost impossible to find his house.

• obscurity

• transparency

• truthfulness

• straightness