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Details for: absence
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- Students that need an absence from class are required to tell the teacher.
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Details for: acceptable
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- Connors tidied his room to an acceptable standard
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Details for: accidentally
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- Sam accidentally spilled his juice on the floor.
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Details for: accommodate
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- The restaurant was happy to accommodate Cormacs meal request
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Details for: achieve
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- With study, Nick was able to achieve a passing grade.
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Details for: acquire
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- Connor would like to acquire a new Nerf gun
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Details for: acquittal
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- The lawyer was able to get an acquittal for his client
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Details for: address
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- There was an address on the envelope
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Details for: amateur
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- The picture looked as though it were taken by an amateur
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Details for: annihilate
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- Connor wanted to annihilate Cormac at a game of Monopoly
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Details for: apparel
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- The burglar was able to steal money from the apparel store.
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Details for: apparent
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- It was apparent that Sam was wrong.
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Details for: argument
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- Connor won the argument against Cormac
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Details for: arthritis
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- When you get old you may suffer from arthritis
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Details for: assessor
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- Connor is a claims assessor for an insurance company
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Details for: assistant
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- Cormac is Connors assistant coach.
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Details for: attendance
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- Attendance at school is compulsory
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Details for: auxiliary
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- The auxiliary generator broke down
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Details for: awkward
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- When Nick first learned tennis, he was awkward with his racket.
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Details for: basically
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- It's basically the same thing
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Details for: beginning
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- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
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Details for: believe
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- Do you believe in ghosts?
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Details for: beneficiary
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- Cormac was the beneficiary of Connors will.
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Details for: benefit
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- The benefit of going to school is you will learn new things
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Details for: blatant
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- Connors painting was a blatant copy of Cormacs
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Details for: brief
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- And now, a brief message from our sponsors
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Details for: business
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- I am in the insurance business
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Details for: caffeine
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- You get caffeine from coffee
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Details for: calendar
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- Suzy marked down everyone's birthday in her calendar.
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Details for: calorie
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- You need to watch the calorie count of the food you eat
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Details for: ceiling
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- The carpenter was eager to fix the ceiling.
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Details for: cemetery
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- Suzy's family visited the cemetery on Memorial Day.
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Details for: challenge
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- It's a challenge thinking up all these sample sentences!
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Details for: changeable
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- The weather can be changeable over the day
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Details for: chief
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- The chief cause of drowning is excess water
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Details for: collectible
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- The smurf was a special collectible toy
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Details for: committed
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- Connor committed to learning to play the guitar
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Details for: compatible
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- The computer is compatible with most software
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Details for: competent
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- Your boss will expect you to be competent at your work.
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Details for: concede
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- Sue decided to concede authority to Lisa.
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Details for: conscience
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- His conscience was full of kindness and compassion.
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Details for: conscientious
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- Connor was a conscientious objector during the war
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Details for: conscious
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- Suzy thought Nick was sleeping but he was actually fully conscious.
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Details for: consensus
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- The consensus is that cigarettes cause cancer
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Details for: correspondence
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- Connor learnt from a correspondence school.
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Details for: courtesy
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- Some mechanics will lend you a courtesy car
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Details for: criticize
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- Don't criticize others needlessly
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Details for: deceive
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- Sam deceived his friend by telling a lie.
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Details for: definite
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- It's definite to rain
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Details for: describe
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- Please describe the weather outside
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Details for: desperate
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- Connor was desperate for one last chapter of his book before lights out.
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Details for: despise
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- Connor grew to despise Cormac
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Details for: develop
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- Joe decided to develop the land for a water park.
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Details for: diesel
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- Connor bought a car with a diesel engine
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Details for: dilemma
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- Prisoners Dilemma is a popular topic in Game Theory
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Details for: disappear
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- Nick's lunch seemed to disappear from his locker every Tuesday.
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Details for: disappoint
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- Connor did not want to disappoint his father
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Details for: discipline
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- A lack of discipline is not good for children
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Details for: ecstasy
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- The bride felt much ecstasy on her wedding day.
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Details for: embarrass
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- Sue is mean so she decided to embarrass Tim at lunch.
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Details for: exceed
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- Connor tried not to exceed the speed limit
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Details for: exhilarating
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- Winning a big race is exhilarating
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Details for: existence
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- This school has been in existence for thirty years.
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Details for: experience
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- Connor has experience mowing the lawns
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Details for: fiery
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- Connor has fiery red hair
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Details for: foreign
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- Americans consider foreign people from other countries odd.
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Details for: gauge
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- Sam could easily gauge how far the ball went.
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Details for: generally
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- It is generally better to brush your teeth before bed
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Details for: graffiti
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- The old building had graffiti all over the walls
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Details for: grammar
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- Grammar is the study of the design of a language
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Details for: grateful
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- Nick was grateful for his helmet when he fell off his bike.
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Details for: guarantee
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- The new TV came with a 12 month guarantee
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Details for: harass
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- The dog knew how to harass the cat
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Details for: height
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- Sue knows the height of the tallest mountain.
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Details for: heir
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- Connor is the heir to a great fortune
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Details for: hierarchy
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- Most workplaces have a hierarchy of positions
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Details for: hypocrisy
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- It is hypocrisy to say one thing and do another.
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Details for: ignorance
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- Ignorance is bliss
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Details for: incidentally
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- Incidentally, you have a very nice smile.
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Details for: independent
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- Getting a car allows to be more independent.
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Details for: indispensable
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- A quality set of tools is indispensable to a mechanic.
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Details for: intelligence
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- Intelligence is what separates man from the animals
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Details for: irrelevant
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- It is irrelevant what you think
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Details for: leisure
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- Playing ball is a leisure activity for the kids.
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Details for: liaison
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- The liaison will give the message from the policeman to the criminal.
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Details for: lightning
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- You get thunder and lightning in a storm
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Details for: maintenance
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- The mechanic did maintenance on the bus regularly.
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Details for: marriage
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- Most marriage ends in divorce
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Details for: memento
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- A souvenir can be a memento from a trip
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Details for: millennium
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- We are living in the third millennium after Christ.
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Details for: miniature
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- Shetland Ponies are miniature horses
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Details for: mischief
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- Kids get up to mischief all the time
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Details for: mischievous
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- You played a mischievous prank on your little sister.
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Details for: murmur
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- A murmur is sort of like a whisper
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Details for: naive
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- She was naive on how to advertise the product successfully.
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Details for: necessary
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- It is necessary to return books to the library that were borrowed.
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Details for: noticeable
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- There was a noticeable scar on the boy's face.
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Details for: noxious
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- Mustard gas is a noxious gas.
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Details for: occasion
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- A birthday is a great occasion to celebrate.
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Details for: occasionally
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- Sue was occasionally late for school.
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Details for: occurred
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- Friday occurred on the 13th of the month
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Details for: occurrence
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- Friday the 13th is a reasonably regular occurrence
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Details for: official
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- KFC is the official fast food of the 2013 Olympics
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Details for: parallel
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- It is hard to parallel park a car
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Details for: parliament
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- The parliament rules the country.
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Details for: pastime
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- A favorite pastime of hers is watching black and white movies.
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Details for: pharmaceutical
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- You buy pharmaceutical supplies from the chemist
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Details for: possession
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- Possession of a concealed weapon can be a crime
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Details for: preceding
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- The club had made a lot of money in the preceding year.
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Details for: preferable
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- It's preferable to spell words correctly.
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Details for: preferred
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- Chocolate is Suzy's preferred flavor.
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Details for: prerogative
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- It was Connors prerogative to choose which team played first
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Details for: prevalent
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- Wearing low riding pants is prevalent amongst teen aged boys
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Details for: privilege
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- It is an honour and a privilege to serve your country
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Details for: proceed
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- The crossing guard told the students to proceed across the street.
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Details for: publicly
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- The winner will be publicly announced on the 1st
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Details for: pursue
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- He wants to pursue a career in science.
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Details for: questionnaire
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- John filled out the questionnaire.
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Details for: recede
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- Craigs hairline is starting to recede
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Details for: receipt
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- The cashier handed Tim a receipt of his purchase.
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Details for: receive
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- Suzy hopes to receive a puppy for her birthday.
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Details for: recommend
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- The chef would like to recommend the fish.
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Details for: recurrence
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- Athletes ofter suffer a recurrence of an injury when they practise too soon after the injury
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Details for: reference
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- Connor asked his teacher for a reference when he applied for his first job
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Details for: referred
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- The doctor referred the patient to a specialist
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Details for: relevant
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- An email subject should be relevant to the body.
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Details for: religious
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- There is often a lot of religious debate in the USA
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Details for: repetition
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- Repetition can be a useful aid to learning
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Details for: resistance
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- The French resistance aided the allies during WW2
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Details for: rhyme
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- Without rhyme or reason.
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Details for: rhythm
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- Singers need a sense of rhythm and melody.
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Details for: ridiculous
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- Frank looked ridiculous when he shaved his head
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Details for: sacrilegious
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- If you offend against the church, your behaviour is sacrilegious
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Details for: sandal
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- Connor lost his left school sandal and had to go barefoot
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Details for: scissors
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- You can cut paper with scissors in either hand.
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Details for: seize
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- The guards were told to seize the traitor
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Details for: sensible
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- Margaret liked to wear sensible shoes when she went tramping
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Details for: separate
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- You need to separate whites and colors when washing your clothes
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Details for: siege
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- The war party laid siege to the castle for forty days.
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Details for: spaghetti
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- Spaghetti is a pasta dish from Italy
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Details for: success
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- If you get all of these words correct, you can consider the test to be a success
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Details for: superseded
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- The computer was superseded by the new model
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Details for: surveillance
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- The detective was doing surveillance on the suspect.
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Details for: threshold
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- Woman tend to have a higher pain threshold than men
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Details for: tobacco
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- Most countries now place restrictions on tobacco sales and advertising
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Details for: tomorrow
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- Cormac has to go to school tomorrow
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Details for: tragedy
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- The theft of the money was tragedy.
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Details for: trauma
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- The victim was killed by blunt force trauma to the head
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Details for: twelfth
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- December is the twelfth month of the year
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Details for: tyranny
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- Government can be a form of tyranny.
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Details for: undoubtedly
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- Connor was undoubtedly the smartest boy in the room
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Details for: unprecedented
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- There was unprecedented demand for the new product
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Details for: until
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- Stay cool until after school!
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Details for: vicious
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- Connor was attacked by a vicious dog
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Details for: weird
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- There are all sorts of weird and wonderful things in the world.
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- Don't withhold your answer to this question.
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