VLGR XI Unit 15

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10 questions
You will not use any word more than once. You will only use 10 words. Spelling counts.
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Because jobs and relationships in other parts of the country beckoned us, my grandfather faced the slow ______ of his large family.

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Edie is just learning the ________ of music, but her brother is an advanced piano student.

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Seeking to ______ his bawling little sister, Denny handed her several cookies.

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Paul believed that a diet that included artificial sweeteners and preservatives would be _____ to his health and perhaps even shorten his life.

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A once-prized wooden toy had now become one more bit of _____ bobbing at the lake's edge.

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Leah urged the judge to be more _____ with her client, who had committed no previous crimes.

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Investigators were dismayed to learn that their understanding of the complex criminal network was ______ at best.

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Because Zachary did not seem at all ______ about bullying his sister, his mother grounded him for three days.

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Bob found that the solution given to him by the veterinarian had a ______ effect on the kitten's irritated eye.

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Hannah wanted to get a greeting card that was funny and original instead of _____ and boring.