Unit 6 Level G completing the sentence - Flashcards | StudyHippo.com (2024)

Paula Corcoran

7 July 2022

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Though some writer have emphasized Jefferson's human weaknesses, his greatness is also a(n) ______ part of the historic record.

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Indubitable

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Since he neither affirms nor denies the existence of God, I'd classify his as a (n.) ______ rather than an atheist.

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Agnostic

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During the emergency, the mayor assumed ______ authority and did whatever was needed to provide essential services.

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Plenary

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It was such a(n) _____ remark that I couldn't keep myself from laughing derisively when I heard it.

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Inane

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"Simple _____ demands that we distribute the tax burden as fairly as possible among the populace," the Senator remarked.

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Equity

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How can you call that a(n) ___ question when it is quite clearly a simple matter of right and wrong?

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Moot

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I would be _____ in my duty to you if I did not warn you if I did not warn you against the bad effects of smoking cigarettes.

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Derelict

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Since the accused was never really given a chance to defend himself, his so-called "trial" was nothing but a(n) ______ of justice.

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Travesty

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The overthrown dictator was hanged in _____ before a vast throng in the town square.

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Effigy

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Those who saw the young woman being assaulted and did nothing to help her were guilty of _____ in the crime.

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Complicity

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At the slightest sound of thunder, my dog Rover dives under the bed in a state of ______ terror.

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Abject

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In her garland of laves and acorns, the child looked very much like some _____ spirit from and Arthurian myth.

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Sylvan

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Throughout the period that the spy thought he had gone undetected, he was actually under close _____ by the CIA.

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Surveillance

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For years, we carried on a(n) _____ correspondence, sometimes allowing months to pass before a letter was answered.

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Intermittent

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Every time we did something to anger him, he delivered an intemperate _____ lambasting our "hopeless irresponsibility."

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Diatribe

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In Wagner's operas, brief musical _____ associated with the characters of their actions recur again and again.

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Motifs

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The fact that so many released prisoner return to a life of crime is in itself a terrifying _____ of our penal system.

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Indictment

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How could a mere _____ in the teaching profession question the judgment of so experienced an educator?

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Neophyte

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I'd say that the phrase "having a short fuse" aptly describes my boss's decidedly _____ disposition.

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Testy

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The _____ of her analysis not only clarified the nature of the problem but also suggested its most promising solution.

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Perspicacity