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12th grade list 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abject | most unfortunate or miserable His misery is so much more _ than mine. |
| avail | use to one's advantage “Many voters across the state __themselves of the opportunity to participate in early voting,” Ms. Clarke said. |
| capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions The rest of Europe was overrun and defeated, or they __ |
| cursory | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough The watchman replied that a search was routine, and he looked through the bag in a __ way, not even disturbing the clothing. |
| deference | a courteous expression of esteem or regard Everyone treated me with the __ accorded only to the school’s top athletes. |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity or part Crime, on the other hand, isn’t a single __ thing, but a word used to describe an almost impossibly varied and complicated set of behaviors. |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time Unlike our __ weather features on Earth, Jupiter's storms last years, even centuries. |
| errant | moving in an uncontrolled, irregular, or unpredictable way. Often in trouble at school, he was assigned to do maintenance at the baseball field one day when an __ javelin from track practice landed nearby. |
| expedient | appropriate to a purpose. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power decided that the most __ solution was to refill a large portion of the lake. |
| gratuitous | unnecessary and unwarranted. While Latifah loves action and fighting, she doesn’t go in for __ violence. |