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she made sure to wear comfortable sneakers.
2. Synonym
for flee,
bolt bolt
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heedful;
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all points
2. Synonym
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motion, feeling, or power; lacking in
energy
Huns from invading.
from
invading. wasteful, and extravagant
energy
11. Having a short temper and a right hook
5. Reckless,
13. The dictator _____ citizens by outlawing free 5. Reckless,
6. Antonym
for strong,
convincing
wasteful,
and extravagant
11. Having
a short temper and a right hook
speech.
7. Cursing in a church
6. Antonym
fortraits
strong, convincing
14. Synonym
for advanced
10. Natural
13. The
dictator _____
citizens by outlawing free
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mayor
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mafia
to
steal
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All
the
yelling,
speech.
7. Cursing in a church_____ voices at the town meeting
from the city treasury.
gave Luke a headache.
14. Synonym
advanced
traits audience members became _____
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needed to ______ shipping to 10. Natural
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speech
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Like
untouched
wilderness or a sparkling clean
from the city treasury.
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Luke a headache.
16. Postal workers needed to ______ shipping to
13. Chatting audience members became _____ when
deliver all the packages on time.
the lights dimmed.
17. An insult or abuse in speech
14. Like untouched wilderness or a sparkling clean
kitchen
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Fear of stranger danger [XENOPHOBIA]
Full of meaning; concise [PITHY]
Careful; heedful; attentive to all points [CIRCUMSPECT]
Losing motion, feeling, or power; lacking in energy
[TORPID]
11. Having a short temper and a right hook [PUGNACIOUS]
13. The dictator _____ citizens by outlawing free speech.
[SUBJUGATED]
14. Synonym for advanced [PRECOCIOUS]
15. The corrupt mayor _____ with the mafia to steal from the
city treasury. [CONNIVED]
16. Postal workers needed to ______ shipping to deliver all
the packages on time. [EXPEDITE]
17. An insult or abuse in speech [INVECTIVE]
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16. Postal workers needed to ______ shipping to
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3. Fear of stranger danger [XENOPHOBIA]
12. All the yelling, _____ voices at the town meeting gave
5. Full of meaning; concise [PITHY]
8. Careful; heedful; attentive to all points
Luke a headache. [DISCORDANT]
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9. Losing motion, feeling, or power; lacking in
13. Chatting audience members became _____ when the
energy [TORPID]
lights dimmed. [SUBDUED]
11. Having a short temper and a right hook
[PUGNACIOUS]
14. Like untouched wilderness or a sparkling clean kitchen
13. The dictator _____ citizens by outlawing free
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speech. [SUBJUGATED]
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1. When the senator _____ the bill for ten hours,
she made sure to wear comfortable sneakers.
[FILIBUSTERED]
2. Synonym for flee, bolt [ABSCOND]
4. The _____ Great Wall of China stopped the
Huns from invading. [IMPREGNABLE]
5. Reckless, wasteful, and extravagant
[PRODIGAL]
6. Antonym for strong, convincing [TENUOUS]
7. Cursing in a church [IRREVERENT]
10. Natural traits [INHERENT]
12. All the yelling, _____ voices at the town meeting
gave Luke a headache. [DISCORDANT]
13. Chatting audience members became _____
when the lights dimmed. [SUBDUED]
14. Like untouched wilderness or a sparkling clean
kitchen [PRISTINE]