Context Clues/Vocabulary

This word is a synonym of fast, quick, & speedy?

Clue: Unscramble the letters [wifts]

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The ______ of the internet and its wealth of information is only a recent technological development. [ryxulu]

meaning: great comfort, extravagance

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Producing such huge multiple-volume works was a _______ task.

(clue: synonym of difficult, challenging: [atingdun])

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But a few thousand contributors can produce an __________ set of books, what about tens of thousands?

[tivehaexus] meaning: fully comprehensive, complete

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Some are well known, like the reported death of an American comedian who was surprised to read about his own ______ on the website.

[desemi] meaning: death

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However, it is expensive to maintain a ____of qualified contributors to ensure such accuracy.

meaning: a group of, team [olpo]

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Imagine _______ at a view of mountaintops and wondering about the name of each peak.

[erpeing] looking keenly

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When experimenting with further reductions in size, developers often _______ with the limits of human eyesight, which control how small the computers can be and still present visible information.

[endcotn] to struggle, to overcome, to surmount

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Moreover, _______ models are prohibitively expensive, and their blurry screens give users headaches.

[entrrcu] present, latest

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You would see what the display is generating ___________on the world outside.

[supoperimsed] to place or lay over above

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