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Mr. Robinson accidentally goofed up his electronic calendar and now realizes he has two social engagements at the same hour on Friday night; he’s now dealing

with the ________ of which to cancel.

• conundrum

• susurrus

• credo

• canon

Just as Chris, lolling in the hammock, was almost nodding off from the soft moaning of the breeze and the gentle _______ of the insects, a mosquito bit him on the neck, sharply ending his sense of harmony with nature.

• susurrus

• belie

• conclave

• epitome

The trailer to the movie _____ what the movie was actually about - the romantic comedy Ms. Keeling thought she was watching turned out to be a family drama.

• belied

• stipulate

• venial

• messianic

“Dex thinks he’s the ______ of ‘cool,’ but I’ve got news for him—he’s not,” said Mallory scornfully.

• epitome

• tribulation

• laity

• pantheon

The ________ pattern on the rock was “beautiful” to Lars, the artist, and “interesting” to Lara, the geologist.

• striated

• extant

• incarnation

• hagiography

When Toby asked his new English teacher if she “took off for spelling,” she answered, “No, I grade _______; I look at the overall quality of your writing rather than tallying up errors.”

• holistically

• recrimination

• credo

• hagiography

Ms. Muire ______ that for students to pass her class her love for dinosaurs must never be criticized.

• stipulated

• tribulation

• laity

• messianic

Fossil records show us that many ancient forms of life were quite different from ________ life.

• extant

• messianic

• conundrum

• conclave

Those working for a greater degree of racial equality in the 1960s were sustained in their ________ by their belief that this important change would come.

• tribulations

• belie

• sacrilegious

• credo

Amy thought she would feel better after she lashed out at Jessica, but instead her ugly statement has sent her into a fit of self-_______.

• recrimination

• messianic

• conundrum

• conclave