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Fatuous: 'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he said in a __________ way.
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Feckless: The _________ student turned in yet another late paper
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Feign: Children sometimes _______ illness to avoid going to school
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Fiduciary: Congress has not done a very good job of exercising its ________ responsibilities to taxpayers
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Flippant: Parents are often upset by teenagers' _______ responses
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Gauche: A good man often appears ______ simply because he does not take advantage of the chances of making himself look stylish.
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Hubris: There is no safety in unlimited technological _________.
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Incessant: The loud and _______ chatter of the people at the next table made it hard to hear our own conversation
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Incognito: The movie star traveled ________ to avoid being pestered by fans.
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Incontrovertible: The lawyer presented ________ evidence of her client's innocence
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incredulous: My teacher greeted my lame excuse for my missing homework with an _________ snort.
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Inculcate: We must _________ the young with a sense of duty.
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intrepid: Without hesitation, the ________ firefighters rushed into the burning building.
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irreverent: Some people were amused and others outraged by the speaker's ____________ comments.
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jejune: The coach was dismayed by the players' _______ behavior after they won the game
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juxtapose: How much the president had aged in office became clear when the newspaper _________ a picture taken on Inauguration Day with one taken last week
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kowtow: Because everyone on staff was afraid of being laid off, they all __________ to their strict boss.
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laborious: Our climb up the mountain was so _________ we had to take a long rest before starting back down.
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laissez faire: The parents were very __________ in the way they raised their children.
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lofty: The Declaration of Independence first set forth the _____ standards to which we as a nation have ever since aspired.
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Loquacious: The __________ barber always told stories while cutting the customers' hair.
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Lucid: Although the survivors were in a state of shock, some were _______ enough to answer questions by the police.
The author is often praised for her ______ writing.
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Lugubrious: Eeyore is the most _________ character in Winnie the Pooh.
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Meander: When I travel, I like to ________ through unfamiliar cities.
His talk _________ aimlessly through memories of his youth
