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100
His gentle flirting reminded her of how ____________ he could be, when not telling her she was getting ready to die.
What is charismatic ?
100
Dean was sure the old man and his ___________ old Scout had done this a thousand times before.
What is dilapidated?
100
The ___________ and skill with which Cranmer did the work intrusted to him must have fully satisfied his master.
What is celerity ?
100
Dean silently hoped the call wasn't some ___________ effort to restore their relationship, which to his mind was thankfully finished
What is convoluted ?
100
Only a couple of people I know share your _________ thoughts on those religious principles.
What is esoteric?
200
He was urged to take up a pleader's profession; but, like Ovid, he found in letters and gallantry a more ____________ pursuit
What is congenial?
200
Victor Cousin has devoted four volumes to her, which, though immensely _______________, give a vivid picture of her time.
What is diffuse?
200
Talon's reckless, but he's __________ and he's suddenly playing very smart.
What is cunning?
200
I stumbled into a _____________ of my own making.
What is quagmire?
200
Since my best friends and I all have blonde hair, some people might say we are a _______________ group.
What is homogenous?
300
His corruption, his mean submission to a tyrant wife, his greed, his pale face and lean person, which had succeeded to the handsome features and _______________ of earlier days,' were the subject of ridicule, from the witty sneers of Halifax to the coarse jests of the anonymous writers of innumerable lampoon.
What is comeliness?
300
A son of William Thistlewood, and born at Tupholme in Lincolnshire, young Thistlewood passed his early years in a ______________ fashion; he became a soldier and visited France and America, imbibing republican opinions abroad and running into debt at home.
What is desultory?
300
The authority conferred upon Orange as stadtholder by the provinces of Holland and Zeeland was thus ratified, but that ___________ statesman had no confidence that Philip intended to observe the treaty any longer than it suited his convenience.
What is astute?
300
Although the firemen put out fires every day, they were still _____________ about the huge size of the blaze in our neighborhood.
What is incredulous?
300
John’s view of life is _____________ and does not include anything outside of his own happiness.
What is parochial ?
400
While most readers found Epstein's comments___________, at least one congressman agreed to look into it.
What is inane?
400
Hence the skill undoubtedly possessed by several graduates of the ____________ art school has to be devoted chiefly to a subordinate purpose, namely, the fashioning of models for metal-casters.
What is defunct?
400
As he maneuvered the truck through muddy ruts in the drive, she ___________ studied his profile.
What is covertly?
400
When I was growing up, I viewed my father as an _________ man who rarely spent time with me.
What is enigmatic?
400
In 424 they nearly captured Megara, in __________ with a democratic party within the town, and succeeded in securing Nisaea, which they held till 410.
What is collusion?
500
Toby's ___________ shout jarred him
What is gleeful?
500
Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to __________ the laws in general, and to slacken the bands of Society.
What is enervate?
500
Crissy walked outside in a ________ manner so that her parents would not see her.
What is furtive ?
500
It appears that filling out job applications in this troubled economy is a _______ exercise.
What is futile?
500
When all possible data becomes available, the most unimaginable and ____________ associations can be tested
What is arcane ?