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Umbrage: offense, resentment. I do not usually take BLANK when someone says I'm not really French, because that's somewhat true.
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Untenable: indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable. The conspiracy theorists' arguments concerning 9/11 are ultimately BLANK because nothing beats hard fact.
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Untoward: troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse. It was BLANK of her to steal a bottle of wine at the Wine&Cheese event.
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Vilify: to defame; to characterize harshly. It was a huge scandal when a Danish newspaper BLANK(ed) Muslims in a satirical cartoon.
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Vitiate: to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective. Sometimes my shark-bite leg story is BLANK(ed) by friends who don't want to play along.
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Vituperate: to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse/censure severely. I BLANK(ed) my friend when he was decidedly belligerent after our night out.
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Voluble: fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language. In aidha's leadership sessions, we try to teach students to be more BLANK individuals, able to deliver speeches in front of others.
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Wag: wit, joker. Ben Robinson is popular because he is a shameless BLANK, using comedy to attract attention.
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Wax: to gradually strengthen. The hero began to BLANK after days of recovery following his harmful battle.
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Welter: to writhe, toss about, be in turmoil. That night I BLANK(ed) all night long due to a very painful earache.
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Whimsical: imaginative; unpredictable. When drunk, Marshall can be quite BLANK, sometimes showing "the brains" at the most inappropriate times...