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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If you (billow, confront) your problems honestly and openly, instead of trying to hide them, your will have a better change of solving them. | confront |
| The big-league shortstop (manipulates, constrains) his glove like a magician, snaring every ball hit within reach. | manipulates |
| A good scientist must have a keen mind, an unquenchable curiosity, and a (groundless, disinterested) desire to discover the truth. | disinterested |
| She has many interesting ideas, but she seems to lack the physical and mental (stamina, assailant) to make good use of them. | stamina |
| The (adverse, sheepish) publicity that he received during the investigation was probably the cause of his defeat in the next election. | adverse |
| Do you think it would be a good idea to set a (maximum, contemporary) figure for the amount of homework any teacher is allowed to assign? | maximum |
| After giving a few (sheepish, serene) excuses, the swimmers packed up and left the private beach. | sheepish |
| Anyone who has ever sailed a small boat know how thrilling it is to feel the spray in your face while the sails (billow, encompass) overhead. | billow |
| After many stormy years in the service of his country, George Washington retired to the (serene , adverse) life of his beloved Mount Vernon. | serene |
| After living for many years in that roomy old farmhouse, I felt awfully (arid, constrained) in that small apartment. | constrained |
| My idea of a(n) (assailant, hypocrite) is a person who gives advice that he or she is not willing to follow. | hypocrite |
| His decision not to accept our sincere offer of assistance is completely (disinterested, incomprehensible) to me. | incomprehensible |
| I didn't want to (ruffle, manipulate) the feelings of the hotel manager, but I felt that I had to complain about the miserable service. | ruffle |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were (contemporaries, mimics), born within a few years of each other. | contemporaries |
| If you (billow, confront) your problems honestly and openly, instead of trying to hide them, your will have a better change of solving them. | confront |
| Despite the fact that she was in shock, the victim gave a clear description of her (hypocrite, assailant). | assailant |
| What a relief to learn that my parents had been delayed by a storm, and that all my fears about an accident were (groundless, maximum)! | groundless |
| She has gained success as a writer who knows how to (confront, depict) in a lifelike way the hopes, fears, and problems of young people today. | depict |
| Instead of working so hard to (mimic, ruffle) popular TV stars, why don't your try to develop an acting style of your own? | mimic |
| The science program in our school (depicts, encompasses) biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and other related courses. | emcompasses |
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