I didn't expect the play to be particularly stimulating, but I certainly never anticipated its overwhelmingly ______ power.

• soporific

• equitable

• extricate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

How easy it is for a nation to become trapped in an inflationary price rise; how difficult to ______ itself from the upward spiral!

• extricate

• blazon

• amnesty

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Instead of brooding about past wrongs, I suggest that you declare a personal ______ and start thinking about the future.

• amnesty

• caveat

• equitable

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

I intend to be guided by the simple ______ that have proven their value over long periods of human experience.

• precepts

• scourges

• caveats

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Unabridged dictionaries often alert the reader to common mistakes in the use of word by including brief ______.

• caveats

• scourges

• precepts

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The ghost of Hamlet's father whispered in ______ tones the story of his tragic death.

• sepulchral

• salutary

• blazon

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Appointed by the Governor to be Commissioner of Investigations, she soon became the ______ of dishonest and incompetent officials.

• scourge

• autonomy

• vapid

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CCSS.L.3.2F

You may regard her ideas as ______ but I think that they reflect good thinking and sound values.

• straitlaced

• salutary

• flout

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Today our intricate network of mass communications can ______ news of national importance across the country in a matter of minutes.

• blazon

• flout

• unwieldy

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CCSS.L.3.2F

We had many talented players, but the ______ behavior of a few individuals impaired our team spirit and led to a losing season.

• fractious

• scathing

• axiomatic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6