Sentence Completion 103 Flashcards

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The mother ---- on and on about her children all evening long.
OGLED
PRATTLED
HARRIED
HAGGLED
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PRATTLED

Look at someone in a way with sexual attraction
Talking a lot about something that is unimportant.
Very worried or anxious
To discuss or argue. Especially to agree on price.

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The virginia tech shooting was considered a BLANK for many people.
TREPIDATION
CALAMITY
SERENDIPITY
FUTILITY
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CALAMITY

bad feeling about something
Event that causes great suffering
Unexpected good luck
Useless act or gesture

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His @@@ behavior caused an up roar with the conservative audience.
NOXIOUS
TOXIC
PUTRID
OBNOXIOUS
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Obnoxious

Harmful to living things
Containing poisonous substances
Very ugly,bad or unpleasant.
Making people feel offended, annoyed, or disgusted.

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Selena, the slain tex-mex singer, recieved many @@@@ awards.
Voluble
Untenable
Refulgent
Posthumous
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posthumous

Very talkative in an energetic and rapid way.
Not able to be defended.
Brilliance
Happening,done, or published after someones death.

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Nobody doubts that Donald trump is a @@@ like no other.
Troglodyte
Mogul
Charlatan
Pariah
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Mogul

Caveman in prehistoric times
A great personage
Imposter
Person despised or rejected. outcast.

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I think your additional advertising will @@@ your client house.
Surpass
Augment
Truncate
Wallow
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Augment

To be better then something or someone.
Increase the size or amount of
To shorten, abbreviate
To experience or enjoy something without making the effort to change your situations or feelings.

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Its not a good idea to take @@@ medicines before operating machinery.

Saporific
Flotsam
Jetsam
Soporific

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Soporific

Producing flavor or taste
Parts of a ship wreckage floating on the water. (Rose and jack on the wooden door.)
Same as above.
Causing sleep, drowsy.

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The water was not murky, in fact it was quite the opposite,it was @@@.
Limp
Limpid
Vapid
Acephalous
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Limpid

Pimp with a limp
Perfectly clear
Dull or boring
Lacking a governing head or chief.

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His @@@ actions merited the punishment and fines that he recieved.
Implicit
Rectitude
Feigned
Opprobrious
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Opprobrious
Unclearly stated, implied
Quality of being honest and morally correct
Ficticious, false
Unfamous, said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion about them.

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Barry bonds felt he was being very much @@@ by the press, nothing they printed was true.
Coerced
Meandered
Deposed
Maligned
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Maligned

Make someone do something by using force/threats.
Winding path,course,stream.
To remove someone from a powerful position
Causing or intended to cause harm

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The @@@ was quite apparent because of their fancy shmancies.
Sangfroid
Opulence
Indolence 
Consanguinity
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Opulence

Ability to stay calm in dangerous or difficult situations.
Wealth, abundance
Inclination to laziness
Close relation or connection. Biological.

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Even though the army was completely destroyed, the soldiers did not @@@.

Glean
Suffuse
Deplete
Capitulate

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Capitulate

Gather or collect something in a gradual way.
To spread over or fill something
To use most or all of it, to leave lil remaining
To stop fighting an enemy or opponent, stop resisting

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“The voice” judge’s remarks were concise, and to the point. He was @@@.

Pithy
Hirsute
Amiss
Sober

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Pithy

Using few words in a clever and effective way.
Hairy, especially on face or body
In the wrong way
Already know.

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The tornado @@@ havoc on the entire southern region. 
Fleeced
Wreaked
Flouted
Obliterated
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Wreaked

Like a fleece sweater
Destroy duh
To break a law,rule, etc without even trying to hide it.
Destroy completely so that nothing is left.

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