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We walk on eggshells around Marty because he is so
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Irascible
Despondent
Feeling gloomy or hopeless
Divide; Split
Conflate
Stronghold
Bastion
Opus
A creative work, especially a numbered composition
Though American by birth, the ------ fought for France
Mercenary
Candid
Honest and straightforward; blunt
Orthodoxy
Heresy
Gear; Tools
Tackle
Amity; Sympathy
Rancor
Of all the household chores, the -------- task of pulling weeds out of the flower garden was Eleanor's least favorite
Toilsome
Extradite
To turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority
Praise
Castigate
Zeal
Ardor
Prattle; Yak
Prate
The United States has been called the ------ of democracy.
Bastion
Ostracize
To banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent
Reclusive
Gregarious
Skeptical; Cynical
Jaundiced
Amenable; Flexible
Adamant
The international clown convention was a ------- sight in the otherwise dull exhibition center
Motley
Bacchanalian
Wild and Drunken
Vituperation
Banter
Acquisitiveness
Avarice
Decades of harsh weather caused the ------- erosion of the tombstone
Inexorable