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| 5643929662 | Ubiquitous | (Adj) Existing or being everywhere Ex. This summer, ticks were ____, making Lyme disease a real threat. | 0 | |
| 5643929663 | Transient | (Adj.) Not lasting or permanent Ex. Many people go through ____ periods of unemployment. | 1 | |
| 5643929664 | Tenuous | (Adj.) Thin or slender inform; having little substance or strength Ex. The mom considered her son's excuse to be ____. | 2 | |
| 5643929665 | Litany | (N.) A recitation or recital that resembles a prayer or repetitive chant Ex. When I got home after curfew, my mom began a ____ of complaints against my recent behavior. | 3 | |
| 5643929666 | Enervate | (V.) To weaken Ex. His argument was ____ by his tone. | 4 | |
| 5643929667 | Exacerbate | (V.) To aggravate or make worse Ex. Her pain was ____ by movement. | 5 | |
| 5643929668 | Exculpate | (V.) To free from blame Ex. The jury may have ____ her, but not the court of public opinion. | 6 | |
| 5643929669 | Fidelity | (N.) Strict observance of promises; loyalty Ex. The knights had to swear an oath of ____ to King Arthur. | 7 | |
| 5643929670 | Foster | (V.) To nourish; encourage Ex. Through her personal stories and humor, Amelia ____ a sense of trust with her audience. | 8 | |
| 5643929671 | Forbearance | (N.) A refraining from something Ex. It took all of my ____ not to smack her in the face when she accused me of stealing the diamonds. | 9 | |
| 5643929672 | Ascribe | (V.) To attribute to; to assign Ex. When quoting a source, it is improper to ____ words to the wrong person. | 10 | |
| 5643929673 | Authenticate | (V.) To prove genuine Ex. The police were able to ____ the alibi. | 11 | |
| 5643929674 | Missive | (N.) A written message; letter Ex. On my birthday I received a ____ from my mother telling me how proud she was of me. | 12 | |
| 5643929675 | Mores | (N.) Ways and attitudes accepted without question and embodying the fundamental morals views of group Ex. Some ____ should not be followed blindly, especially if they cause harm or are unfair. | 13 | |
| 5643929676 | Pastiche | (N.) A musical, literary, or artistic competition made up of selections from other works Ex. While a synthesis essay may appear to be a ____, it should ultimately arrive at a new insight | 14 | |
| 5643929677 | Pontificate | (V.) To speak with pompous authority Ex. She ____ for hours about the right way to cook lasagna. | 15 | |
| 5643929678 | Prevaricate | (V.) To lie Ex. Amy made sure to cite several sources so readers would not think she ____ about her statistics. | 16 | |
| 5643929679 | Repudiate | (V.) To deny; refuse to accept; disown Ex. The defendant ____ the prosecutor's claims. | 17 | |
| 5643929680 | Ruminate | (V.) To contemplate at length Ex. Before she made her final college choice, Theresa ____ for weeks. | 18 | |
| 5643929681 | Verbatim | (Adj.) Corresponding word for word in a text Ex. Copying ____ from a resource is one form of plagiarism. | 19 | |
| 5643929682 | Acuity | (N.) Perceptiveness Ex. Erin's ____ as a writer makes her imagery particularly poignant. | 20 | |
| 5643929683 | Adage | (N.) A wise saying/proverb Ex. I've always remembered the old ____ about the early bird getting the worm. | 21 | |
| 5643929684 | Behemoth | (N.) A huge creature Ex. Your 10 page paper might feel like the ____ of all papers, but in the grand scheme of things it's really not that long. | 22 | |
| 5643929685 | Certitude | (N.) Certainty Ex. With the ____ of age, the grandfather confidently gave advice to the children. | 23 | |
| 5643929686 | Impunity | (N.) Exemption from punishment Ex. If you plagiarize, do not expect to earn ____; you will be caught and punished. | 24 | |
| 5643929687 | Microcosm | (N.) A little world Ex. Many say that high school is a ____ of the real world; working hard in both will lead to success | 25 | |
| 5643929688 | Nicety | (N.) A delicate or fine point Ex. I wasn't confident on the ____ of formal dining, so I wasn't sure which fork to use. | 26 | |
| 5643929689 | Remuneration | (N.) Reward; pay Ex. The coach deserved ____ for all the hours of extra time he put into the team. | 27 | |
| 5643929690 | Trepidation | (N.) Tremulous fear or agitation Ex. With great ____, she opened the door to the supposedly haunted house. | 28 | |
| 5643929691 | Vanguard | (N.) The forefront of any movement Ex. Perhaps the Beatles were so successful because they were the ____ of a new generation of rock and roll. | 29 | |
| 5643929692 | Accost | (V.) To approach and speak to in a challenging and aggressive way Ex. He didn't mean to ____ his sister, but he did want to make his opinion known. | 30 | |
| 5643929693 | Allege | (V.) To state without proof Ex. Police ____ that Nelson stole the vehicle prior to shooting the bystander. | 31 | |
| 5643929694 | Broach | (V.) To bring up Ex. The speaker didn't ____ the subject until the last part of his speech. | 32 | |
| 5643929695 | Capitulate | (V.) To surrender, usually after negotiation Ex. The teacher refused to _____, so the due date remained Friday. | 33 | |
| 5643929696 | Censure | (V.) To blame; criticize Ex. The board voted to ____ the employee for unbecoming behavior. | 34 | |
| 5643929697 | Duplicity | (N.) Speaking or acting in two different ways Ex. Angela's ____ was annoying and harmful to her friends. | 35 | |
| 5643929698 | Galvanize | (V.) To stimulate or excite as if by electric shock Ex. Her inflammatory language ____ her audience into a chorus of booing. | 36 | |
| 5643929699 | Paucity | (N.) Smallness of quantity; scarcity Ex. The day of Thanksgiving there was a ____ of turkeys at the grocery store. | 37 | |
| 5643929700 | Preponderance | (N.) Superiority in weight, power, numbers Ex. The ____ of evidence against her unfortunately suggests that she committed the crime. | 38 | |
| 5643929701 | Tangential | (Adj.) Merely touching; slightly connected, peripheral, incidental Ex. The scenes inside the jail were ____ to the real plot of The Killing. | 39 | |
| 5643929702 | Bias | (N.) A preference or prejudice Ex. Callen showed extreme ____ toward cats, but Kensi denied that she was ____ toward the felines. | 40 | |
| 5643929703 | Circumvent | (V.)-To go around; avoid Ex. In his speech, Edward ____ the real issue. | 41 | |
| 5643929704 | Condone | (V.) To give silent approval to; to overlook or excuse Ex. Here at HHS, we do not ___ plagiarism. | 42 | |
| 5643929705 | Conjecture | (N.) A conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork Ex. Sherlock Holmes thought he knew who the thief was, but until he found proof, his theory was mere ____. | 43 | |
| 5643929706 | Effrontery | (N.) Shameless or impudent boldness Ex. I couldn't believe the ____ Charles showed when he challenged the judge. | 44 | |
| 5643929707 | Equivocate | (V.) To avoid commitment, often through evasive language Ex. During the debate, the politician ____ when challenged about gay marriage. | 45 | |
| 5643929708 | Incongruous | (Adj.) Out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming Ex. Calvin's behavior was ____ with what was expected of him. | 46 | |
| 5643929709 | Lucid | (Adj.) Easily understood; completely intelligible Ex. Dylan wasn't completely ____ after surgery. | 47 | |
| 5643929710 | Unassailable | (Adj.) Not subject to denial or dispute Ex. Sheri's argument was ____, so Conner could not argue against her. | 48 | |
| 5643929711 | Virulent | (Adj.) Actively poisonous; intensely harmful Ex. Last year's influenza was a particularly ____ strain. | 49 |
