For the dedicated searchers, there are clues hidden in the forest which ______ to the treasure’s location.

• allude

• fathom

• misconstrue

• placate

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Few people are taken in by the _____ pronouncements of fortune-tellers and mediums.

• conclusive

• clairvoyant

• potent

• superficial

When they weighed all the evidence in the case, members of the jury found the testimony of the expert witness to be ______, so they found the plaintiff not guilty.

• exemplary

• endemic

• conclusive

• obnoxious

Supermarket tabloids frequently publish stories about the ______ behavior of celebrities, especially those that involve criminal acts.

• stark

• placid

• exemplary

• disreputable

Scientists have yet to identify many plant and animal species _____ to the rain forest.

• potent

• conclusive

• clairvoyant

• endemic

The Medal of Freedom is awarded to U.S. civilians for _____ achievements in various fields.

• superficial

• placid

• exemplary

• disreputable

It is sometimes difficult to ______ the motives behind another person's actions.

• protrude

• fathom

• placate

• misconstrue

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Folklore has it that a serpent's most outstanding trait is _____, just as a fox's is craftiness.

• guile

• clairvoyant

• reparation

• integrity

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Scholars debated the ______ of the text of a newly discovered poem attributed to Shakespeare.

• integrity

• itinerary

• reparation

• pretext

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Tour companies regularly provide potential customers with detailed ______ of the trips they offer.

• pretexts

• itineraries

• guiles

• reparations

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E