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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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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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