The former employees started a blog that revealed the embarrassing quirks of the boss, an act which had _____ impact on the company`s CEO.
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The late Samuel Huntington was well known for his _____ opinions on relations among different cultures; many of his ideas are still passionately debated today.
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The _____ plant life on the previously barren volcanic rock created by the Kilauea lava flow is strong evidence that humans, too, will one day be able to inhabit the area.
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Regardless of the long-winded answers Michael consistently gave in class, his teachers remember him as _____ student, rather than a garrulous one, because he generally kept to himself.
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For the cities at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where the shortage of rain often leaves wells and rivers empty, a winter without liberal snowfall will mean a _____ of the run-off that normally provides fresh water in the summer months.
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Despite her father`s endeavors to placate his daughter every time she had a grievance, the young girl was simply _____ complainer, and so could always find something else that displeased her.
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Few want to believe that Lisa de Giocondo, the woman popularly believed to have been the model for da Vinci`s Mona Lisa, was a(n) _____ person and prefer instead to think that there is an enigma behind the celebrated smile.
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Though the futurist conceded that Apple`s iPhone was a revolutionary device, she was adamant that it would not be immune to the same forces that caused such previous "game changing" products as Ford`s Model T and Sony`s Walkman to be considered _____.
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The results of a survey of movie-goers gainsaid the scholar`s claim that the filmmakers` intent would remain opaque to most viewers; it seems the metaphors employed were rather _____.
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To call the area _____ was perhaps hyperbolic; while it was quaint and abstracted from the modern life of nearby cities, the presence of mining equipment was decidedly imposing.
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In an era in which mass media is but a thrall of its corporate masters, the amateurish _____ of commercials for local businesses provide a tonic for the slick homogeneity of most advertising.
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Despite having earned over two hundred million dollars during his career, the boxer`s _____ spending and bad investments left him insolvent within a few years of retirement.
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When a Roman emperor visited a provincial city, an important part of the ceremony of reception was the delivery of _____, in which a local poet or orator would lavish praise on the imperial visitor.
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Despite having steeled herself for the worst, the new band director was disheartened to hear the _____ sounds emanating from the freshman orchestra.
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Bede, the author of A History of the English Church and People, was so widely _____ that he has been almost universally known as "The Venerable Bede" since the ninth century.
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In addition to the detailed written regulations regarding play, a novice golfer must also learn the _____, but nonetheless important, rules of etiquette.
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Based on the desire to restrict further water pollution, the Clean Water Act of 1972 began under _____ terms, but opponents soon assailed the bill in the court system and discouraged those who had fought for its ratification.
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Jane Austen`s novel, Emma, paints a comedy of errors that results when its heroine tries her hand at creating love matches, an effort which she attributes to her own _____ instead of a selfish need to meddle.
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While interviewing for a job as a computer consultant, Robert consciously provided a _____ of references, knowing full well that he had few former employers who would be laudatory about his past projects.
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While most of the tasks undertaken by the interns were undemanding, a fact that led to the flood of applicants for the positions each year, there was one _____ duty: cleaning out the garbage bins in the laboratory.
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