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Flashcards by iManifest Dreams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by iManifest Dreams
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| Because of your PARTISAN views, you are unwilling to look at other options. | |
| A PEJORATIVE remark usually brings about an angry response from the listener. | |
| Our army is PEERLESS, winning every war. | |
| Margaret had no idea her best friends were PERFIDIOUS traitors who spent most of their free time talking behind her back. | |
| Since I was extremely ill, I was shocked when the doctor only gave me a PERFUNCTORY exam. | |
| When I am sad, my dog will NUZZLE me with his nose. |
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| This type of arthritis causes the joints to OSSIFY to the point they become immobile. |
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| The student did not realize he committed PLAGIARISM when he copied the paragraph from the magazine and used it in his paper. | |
| My wealthy aunt who enjoys flaunting her wealth always wears an OSTENTATIOUS diamond necklace. | |
| Board members realized that they would have to have at least a 2/3 vote to OUST the horrible president. |
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| Jeremy was fired because he could not give his boss a PLAUSIBLE explanation for his constant tardiness to work. | |
| In some countries, racial prejudice is OVERT and not disguised in the least. |
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| After surgery, Greg received large does of medications to PALLIATE his suffering. | |
| After being stuck in the desert for two days, I was PARCHED and in need of water. | |
| It is impossible to establish PARITY with the prices of apples and oranges because they are two different fruits. |
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| Because the POIGNANT movie reminded me of my painful childhood, it made me cry. | |
| Pollan’s most POLEMICAL book, despairs of American eating habits, yet concludes with the dainty recommendation to eat local as often as possible. | |
| Before you start to PONTIFICATE on the faults of others, you should first review your own weaknesses. | |
| We bury time capsules for ourselves and for POSTERITY. | |
| After the death of a movie star, many cable channels will run POSTHUMOUS reruns of his movies for a short time. | |
| At the retreat, a couple of the religious leaders will POSTULATE a proposal to increase church attendance within the community. | |
| Even when the emergency room was packed with patients, the staff remained PLACID and calmly did their duties. |
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| Because the preacher was a PRAGMATIC man, he only bought his children practical birthday presents. | |
| At the start, the article’s PREAMBLE informs readers about the topics the author will discuss during his interview. | |
| If you think the weather is bad now, see how PRECARIOUS conditions will be when the hurricane makes landfall. | |
| Since there is no PRECEDENT upon which to base a decision, the school board must decide on its own how to handle the urgent need to close six schools. | |
| When selecting your vacation cruise, you have a PLETHORA of options from which you can choose. | |
| If a slope is PRECIPITOUS, it is very steep | |
| The young gymnast has suffered an injury which will PRECLUDE him from being part of the Olympic team. | |
| The PLUMAGE on the woman’s hat blocked my view of the stage. | |
| Every teacher has a PRECOCIOUS student who always asks some really difficult questions. | |
| When the RECONCILIATION brought my two brothers together again, it changed our family dynamics for the better. | |
| The iPhone 5s was the PREDECESSOR of the iPhone 6. | |
| Whenever I call my father, he always assumes I am in some type of PREDICAMENT and in need of his help. | |
| As menial laborers, the PROLETARIAT is sometimes looked down upon by the middle class. | |
| As a whole, PROSAIC writers tend to write very dull stories which most people never remember. | |
| When the editor read the PROVOCATIVE article which urged people to destroy government buildings, he insisted the writer redo the entire piece. | |
| It is not PRUDENT to go swimming during a hurricane. | |
| His New Year’s RESOLUTION was to run three times a week, but only a month into the year he had already failed. | |
| Surrounded by police officers on all sides, the bank robber lowered his gun as a sign of RESIGNATION. | |
| According to my teacher, my essay was RIFE with mistakes and needed to be rewritten. |
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| Students who do not apply themselves will not be able to handle the RIGOR of medical school. |
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| The RESONANT sound in the amphitheater travels to every seat in the house. | |
| After driving through the desert all day, Jack welcomed the RESPITE of an air-conditioned hotel room. | |
| The peacock is a very showy bird with RESPLENDENT plumage in multiple shades of blues and greens. | |
| Not surprisingly, everyone treated the Pope with a great deal of REVERENCE at the event. | |
| If you behave in a PUERILE manner during a job interview, the interviewer will think you are very childish. | |
| The woman with Ebola has been placed in QUARANTINE to ensure she does not spread the virus. | |
| If there was an award for being QUERULOUS, my aunt would win because she is always complaining about something. | |
| While being a RECLUSE may seem to be a serene existence, who really knows whether these solitary souls experience inner peace? |
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