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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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In an attempt to _____ voters to support her, the incumbent politician beguilingly greeted a room full of constituents and pledged to lower taxes-even though she had only ever done the opposite while in office.
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After a series of storms, the once arid landscape became _____ for the first time in many months.
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Although he received many visitors, the _____ old man shooed them away after only a few minutes.
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Eileen used to be a picky eater, but since a new complex of fine dining and ethnic restaurants opened in her neighborhood, she has become quite _____.
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The SWAT team entered the dark building on high alert, their guns drawn and their night vision goggles on; each agent`s eyes and ears were attuned to the slightest disturbance in the _____ recesses of the rooms.
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Under no delusions about his actual financial situation, the man`s desire to present a frugal picture to his friends and avoid being labeled _____ caused him to go to such an extreme that he ended up being called a Scrooge.
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The _____ pirate plundered every trade ship that came near his own ship; it was almost as if he could never loot or pillage enough to satisfy his craving for gold and jewels.
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The homicide detectives didn`t truly understand the _____ of the criminal until they found the secret hideout where he stored his instruments of torture and carried out his heinous acts.
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While blood and human sacrifices performed to mollify the gods were ubiquitous in ancient cultures, the Mayans` propensity for sacrificing prisoners from neighboring tribes _____ all the other tribes.
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In contrast to the stark facades of their surviving ruins, medieval castles were depicted in contemporary tapestries as _____ with colorful banners and pennants.
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The young minister was startled to learn that his parishioners considered him _____; he had been unaware that his message was being undermined by his sanctimonious and self-righteous tone.
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Many senior faculty members who were accustomed to being addressed in a more collegial and egalitarian manner were alienated by the _____ tone of the new department chair`s introductory remarks.
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Meant to demonstrate an air of sophistication and worldliness, the comments that Hannah made upon exiting the building served only to emphasize her _____ mentality and reinforce Mr. Hassan`s conviction that her dismissal was justified because she was not yet mature enough for the corporate world.
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Sylvia Plath was not as _____ a poet as was her husband Ted Hughes, having produced just two volumes of poetry in her short lifespan.
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The unfounded fear that some children, and even adults, have of the circus clown is rather ironic considering that he is meant to be _____ character who invokes laughter and enjoyment.
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The photographer _____ posed the bride for her portrait, carefully adjusting each fold of her dress and each curl of her hair before taking the picture.
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After finishing the editing workshop, the writers found that they were able to give each other _____ comments, instead of the general and unhelpful suggestions they had been making beforehand.
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