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100
From them I learned that purely ______ (4) acts can require as much hard work as a nine-to-five job.
What is beneficent?
100
It is not a good idea to ______ (4) oneself by paying cloying compliments.
What is ingratiate?
100
Some flight attendants dread a ______ (3) airline passenger more than they do rough weather.
What is querulous?
100
She ______ (2) her staff for having followed orders blindly.
What is reproved?
100
Her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely ______ (2).
What is unctuous?
200
Think twice before casting ______ (3) on his honesty, for he might be telling the truth.
What is aspersions?
200
I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a ______ (3) in the din of traffic.
What is hiatus?
200
Many religions follow the ______ (2) that it is important to treat others as you, yourself, would like to be treated.
What is precept?
200
To ______ (2) distrust into friendship along that war-torn border will take more than wise politicians and just laws.
What is transmute?
200
The spy used charm and flattery in order to ______ (2) the information from the diplomat.
What is wheedle?
300
One should not accept the idea that the camera never lies as a/an ______ (5) truth.
What is axiomatic?
300
The wilted handclasp and the fast-melting smile mark the ______ (2) refugee from too many parties.
What is jaded?
300
The movie heroine blushed when she noticed the ______ (4) glances of her admirer.
What is surreptitious?
300
He claimed that the musical, despite its energy, was ______ (4) and that he had slept through the entire second act.
What is soporific?
300
She hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take ______ (2) at her criticism.
What is umbrage?
400
For my paper I would like to find a/an ______ (3) history of the subject written in a clear and unbiased manner.
What is erudite?
400
The crowd was so eager to see the band perform that they resented the opening singer as a/an ______ (4).
What is interloper?
400
I had hoped to ______ (3) her anger by offering an apology.
What is mitigate?
400
No one could say that he was lazy, for he was a careful, ______ (3) copier of other people's work.
What is sedulous?
400
We loaded the truck with chairs and the coffee table, but the grand piano was too ______ (3).
What is unwieldy?
500
I ______ (2) them to stop spending so much money or to face the consequences.
What is enjoined?
500
Caught in the ______ (2) of revolution, the young men enlisted with the local militias.
What is ferment?
500
The clerk was so ______ (4) in obeying court rules that I had to remind him why I was there.
What is punctilious?
500
Dictators usually begin their reigns by searching out and silencing ______ (3) opinion.
What is seditious?
500
While critics called the movie ______ (2), I thought the performers were very compelling.
What is vapid?