Vocabulary 14 Grade 10
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| Something that a finicky person would be most likely to do. | reject food | show 🗑
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| Something that would cause most airline passengers to feel trepidation | show |
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| Something requiring fastidious planning | space mission | show 🗑
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| A group that is LEAST likely to make judicious decisions | angry mob | show 🗑
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| a situation in which a knowledge of miutiae would be most helpful | trivia competition | show 🗑
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| A place that should NEVER have slovenly appearance | operating room | show 🗑
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| An example of imprudent behavior | show |
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| A likely result of adeguate diligence | success | show 🗑
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| The opposite of unmindful | aware | show 🗑
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| show | research paper |
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| The ______ sentry remained at his post, intently scanning the horizon | deligent | show 🗑
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| show | trepidation |
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| show | imprudence |
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| The ____ crafted plan was virtually foolproof. | meticulously | show 🗑
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| Computers have all sorts of _______ parts | show |
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| ___ people hold up cafeteria lines. | show |
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| The council acted _____ by distributing funds equally to the groups. | show |
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| show | slovenly |
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| THe knight entered the castle _____ of the trap his enemies had set. | show |
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| show | fastidious |
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| One way to avoid pre-exam ____ is to make ____use of your study time. | trepidation...judicious | show 🗑
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| show | finicky |
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| show | meticulous |
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| It is unwise to present a _____ appearance on job interviews. | solvenly | show 🗑
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| show | trepidation |
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| Deciding to cut class and go to the mall was a very ____ decision. | show |
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| Supreme Court justices are supposed to be ____ in theie legal reasoning. | show |
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| Unfortunately, she seemed completely ________ of the number of people whose feelings she waws hurting. | unmindful | show 🗑
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| Here's some bad advice:"Don't worry about the ____ of your new contract." | minutiae | show 🗑
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| He was so insanely ________ about his clothes that a raindrop hitting his shoe | show |
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| She wondered if her boss's words "Your ____ won't be forgotten" meant "You will ge a raise." | show |
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| show | slovenly |
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| anziety | show |
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| hard work | show |
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| show | meticulous |
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| showing careful attention to detail | show |
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| show | finicky |
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| show | unmindful |
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| show | judicious |
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| show | imprudent |
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| trivial details | show |
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| steady effort; presistent hard work | show | noun from Latin dis-, "apart" + legere, "to choose"
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| show | diligence |
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| attentive care; carefulness | diligence | show 🗑
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| show | diligence |
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| The college graduate was ____ in the pursuit of a job, sending out resumes daily and going to several job fairs. | diligent | show 🗑
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| show | fastidious | adjective from Latin fastidium, "squeamishness; haughtiness"
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| show | fastidious |
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| picky; diffictult to please | show |
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| show | fastidious |
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| The row of pencils, sorted by size and color and laid out perfectly on the desk, hinted at her ____________. | fastidiousness | show 🗑
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| Difficult to please;insisting on getting exactly what one wants | show | adjective
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| unwise; doing things wihtout careful though or judgment. | imprudent | show 🗑
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| It is ________ to spend more than you earn | show |
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| One obvious example of ___________ is riding in a car without a seat belt | show |
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| __________ reporters thoroughly check their sources of information before submitting a story for publication. | Judicious | show 🗑
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| extremely careful and precise | meticulous | show 🗑
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| Plotting a large ship's coruse through narrow, hazardous waterways require ______work. | show |
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| Though known for _________, PAt accidentally included several factual errors in his big presentation. | show | noun derived from meticulous
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| show | minutia | noun from Latin minutus, "small"
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| The _____ of the company's financial report were listed in the appendix. | show |
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| show | minute |
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| untidy, sloppy in dress or appearance | slovenly | show 🗑
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| With her shirt half tucked in and her wrinkled pants, she lookd rather _______. | slovenly | show 🗑
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| show | slovenly |
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| "You should be embarrassed by the slovenly job you did on that report." said the teacher. | slovenly | show 🗑
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| anxiety; a state of alarm, dread, or fear | trepidation | show 🗑
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| unfortunately, many students approach college entrance exams with _________. | trepidation | show 🗑
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| involuntary trembling or quivering | trepidation | show 🗑
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| show | tredipation |
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| show | unmindful | adjective
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| ____ of the darkening sky and falling barometer, the inexperienced sailors headed out to sea. | show |
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| extremely small; tiny | minute | show 🗑
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| Having or exhibiting good, sound judgment | judicious | show 🗑
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