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Twins Visit to the Underworld Vocab Quiz
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agile
nimble; quick
appetizing
tasty; flavorful
avenge
take revenge on behalf of someone
commotion
disturbance; uproar
devised
designed; thought out
dismal
dreary; gloomy
emerged
came out
features
parts of the face
felines
cats
fiends
monsters
leery
careful; on one's guard
misshapen
twisted; deformed
obligingly
willingly; agreeably
ravine
small, steep cut in the earth, usually made by running water
resurrected
brought back to life
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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. Glutinous, quaff, declaim, gaffe, indisposed. As a food critic, Veronica was paid to _____ about her latest discoveries in the restaurant scene, but demand for her column dwindled after her latest _____, in which she mistakenly _____ the lemon juice left in a finger bowl on her table, unaware that the liquid was, in fact, intended for cleaning her hands.
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From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. culmination, dilemma, demagogue, demure, concur erudite. Clayton surprised everyone in Selbyville when he entered the race for mayor. For twenty-six years, he had been the mild-mannered, _____ clerk at the Selbyville Courthouse. Well-versed in history and politics, the _____ Clayton never really struck anyone as having the type of personality required to win an election, let alone become the mayor. Word spread quickly when, during a special pre-election meeting, Clayton stood at the podium and delivered an impressive speech. Every word was loaded with passion, especially when Clayton addressed Selbyville's ____ of accepting or rejecting a controversial landfill. After ten minutes of rhetoric, Clayton had the townspeople shouting their support, and the sentiment continued right through to the election, after which Clayton became the new mayor. Three months later, the citizens of Selbyville discovered that Clayton was just a[n] _____ when construction of the new landfill began, and he mysteriously bought a new speedboat that was well beyond the range of a typical small-town mayor's salary.
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