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The author’s______found a company to publish his latest mystery story.
agent
Do you know the ______ time that your class starts?
precise
Smoked salmon is a ______.
delicacy
Unicorns are ______ creatures.
mythical
We were ______ at what the storm had done to the neighborhood.
aghast
The mechanic is ______ to work on the car’s brakes.
competent
Angry protesters ______ the president’s speech.
disrupt
A scholarship made it possible for me to ______ in art school.
enroll
We were filled with ______ when we saw that our car had been towed.
consternation
There were many ______ of the 2011 tsunami, or tidal wave, that struck Japan.
casualty
The ______ held off the enemy for four days before capitulating.
garrison
Charlie ______ that the money entrusted to him was in a safe place.
asserted
I didn't ______ how astute you were until you came up with that brilliant idea.
realize
I am always changing from a winter coat to a spring jacket because of our ______ weather.
capricious
I asked my dad to _____ me as to why he wouldn’t let me stay out late.
enlighten
______ Muslims try to make at least one visit to the holy city of Mecca.
devout
The children were ______ when their pet rabbit died.
distraught
The valley was _____ when the dam burst.
inundated
Burning rubber gives off ______ fumes.
acrid
The Chinese New Year’s celebration included a ______ fifteen-course meal.
lavish
Lost in thought, the chess player ______ her next move.
pondered
The Red Cross was ______ by the response to its appeal for blood donors.
gratify
Sofia’s ______manner made her unpopular.
haughty
The country has an ______ need for a new hospital.
urgent
Rescue worker’s ______ us to stay away from the flooding river.
admonished