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METHOD
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| With this initiative, Youngstown is (_self-possessed and in full control_) to make key decisions about development. | POISED |
| More than 4000 people volunteered last year to help patrol Detroit streets and neighborhoods to (_slow down and stop_) fires in vacant houses and buildings. | CURTAIL |
| Unfortunately, leaving an abusive marriage or relationship often leaves survivors in a more (_unstable, dangerous, and difficult_) financial position than they were before. | PRECARIOUS |
| He (_deceived by pretending_) that he was ill. | FEIGNED |
| “There’s just a lot of unknowns, and I don’t want something that could potentially (_weaken_) his future.” | DEBILITATE |
| His answer was (_short and to the point_): “We don’t have a lot of questions in the building right now.” | SUCCINCT |
| The lights (_flash on and off_), turning the whole scene into something not unlike a horror movie. | FLICKER |
| Manager Terry Collins insisted that his players were not (_lazy and slow_) or apathetic. | INDOLENT |
| But it sells poorly and he dies (_poor enough to need help from others_) in 1891. | DESTITUTE |
| Years of neglect with seemingly no resolution in sight made me (_discouraged, very sad, and without hope_). | DESPONDENT |
| Of course, action movies don’t have to be believable or (_deeply touching_). | POIGNANT |
| He was rude, (_too hasty and careless_) , flippant, disrespectful and all-around not okay. | IMPETUOUS |
| The company is also still trying to (_gain the good will by giving something_) regulators while it battles rival companies around the world. | PLACATE |
| "I have heard that he was... very honest, (_without any fault or flaw_) and he was widely respected" he told the Televisa network. | IMPECCABLE |
| South Africa is the stuff of dreams for the (_brave and bold_) traveler. | INTREPID |
| "We need to understand the best way to (_refuse and reject_) a negative, hateful vision is by voting." | REPUDIATE |
| Otherwise, they go on and on, asking the most (_inappropriate and out of place_) questions. | IMPERTINENT |
| Dogs have a (_natural tendency_) to bark, and many people have a (_natural tendency_) for getting annoyed by it. | PROPENSITY |
| “It is, to me, (_representing the perfect example of a class or quality_) French vernacular architecture,” Johnson said. | QUINTESSENTIAL |
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