Since barely any _______ was required of me at my new job, the muscles I had developed began to weaken.
The sudden appearance of Serge, who had been presumed dead in an avalanche, was ________ to the other ski instructors.
Unless the owner can come up with his delinquent mortgage payments in two weeks, the city will ______ his property.
A shorter work composed by the poet in his youth was a(n) _______ to his lengthy masterpiece.
The astronomers noticed ________ particles that they had not expected to find in the meteorite.
By the time the fire truck reached the site, the campfire had become a(n) ________ .
No matter what _______ tactics the rebel leader employed, he could not anger the citizens enough to start a riot in the city.
The ________ of the business world was developed to maximize efficiency in speaking.
It is easy to see how Roger could misinterpret the passage on a(n) _________ level; its meaning has bewildered scholars for centuries.
Because Zachary did not seem at all ______ about bullying his sister, his mother grounded him for three days.
v. to attach oneself; to take over→annex
n. something declared or stated positively→exertion
n. the use of power and of strength→assertion
adj. expected or required→obligatory
n. an intermediary; a go-between→liaison
v. to violate or go against→contravene
n. an act or practice aimed at undermining authority; a rebellion→sedition
n. a preceding event, cause, or condition→precedent
adj. accidental; aquired→adventitious
to go; to pass→sedition
v. To attack with words; denounce→fulminate
n. a large destructive fire→luster
adj. noticeably bad or offensive→flagrant
n. a summary that is not word-for-word→metaphrase
adj. of or relating to signs or symbols→semantic
v. to protest or object→demonstrative
n. an exact translation or restatement→metaphrase
adj. undeveloped; very basic or simple→rudimentary
adj. feeling regret and sorrow; penitent→trite
n. a basic idea or principle→rudiment
n. a formal and long paper, written for a degree at a university or college
v. to discover; find out
n. the core or center; a connection
n. a certainty; an inevitability
v. 1.to upset and confuse adj. 2. bothered; concerned
adj. short-lived or temporary
v. to agree, often at the urging of another
adj. roundabout or lengthy
n. a tradition; an act or decision that is used as a model for future acts or decisions
n. someone newly wealthy
v. To infuriate; to make passionately angry
adj. Intended to attract attention; showy
adj. Arousing anger or strong emotion
adj. descriptive; serving as an example
adj. well-known and distinguished
adj. menacing; threatening
n. something disgustingly offensive
adj. openly expressive of emotions
v. to soothe the feelings of; to appease
adj. boring because of overuse or repetition