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Vocab 6: CS

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even when the economy is strong, there are always a large number of ______ families in ugent need of assistance
destitute
Airline companies often call in prfessional grief counselors to help that families and friend of crash victims
solace
In the mid 1800s bos tweed controlleed NYC throug ha ________ political machine that fed on graft and extortion
venal
Unfortunatley the so called recreation facilities ___ nothing more than a card table and a small screen tv set
comprise
Who can forget the sight of those ___ tall ships with their loft masts and graceful lines as they sailed past the Statue of Lberty on the 4th of july
stately
Attacking the present administration, the candidate said that crime has been ________ in the streets of our city
rampant
The sudden drop in temperature and the unnatural stillness in the air were___________ signs of an unfavorable change in the weather
ominous
How _______________ that they finally inherited all that money at a time when it could no longer help to solve their problems
ironic
Whether your act was ______ or the reesult of a carelessness, the fact reamins that you have caused great pain to someone who has always been very good to you
premeditated
The referee gave an _____ warning that if eiteher team protested her decisions she would be forced to call a technical foul
explicite
Who would have dreamed that the cluttered old attic, with all its darkness dushkm abd ____________ odor contained such a treasure
musty
WE could not have chosen a more ____ spot for our picnic she observed as she swept ants off the balnket
inoppurtune
The unruly mob treated as the line of deputies moved forward slowle ______ their riot sticks
brandish
I vowed that I would ______ every weed that dared to show itself out newly seeded lawn
extirpate
accomplished protrait painters can usually reveala a person s character wit ha few __ strokes of a brush
deft
A great dancer, like a great atlete, must have a sharp sense of timing and a highly trained responsive and _______ bod
supple
It is truly sobering thought to realize that when one has reached the _____________ of a mtn, there is nowhere to go but down
pinnacle
The stutedn couldnt ________ their groans of dismay when the teacher announced a suprise quiz
suppress
We will never ________ to those selfish and unfair terms
accede
How can I ever forget that __________ inspector in the customs office who insisted that I empty every piece of luggage before him
officious
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