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Despite their initial fears, most environmentalists now concede that the artificial reefs have had a largely _____ effect on surrounding ecosystems.
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Scholarship reductions and player defections notwithstanding, the new coach applied himself to rebuilding the program with such _____ that the rest of the staff struggled to match his enthusiasm.
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After hours of practice and innumerable fruitless attempts to catch the balls, Allen was finally forced to admit that he wasn`t sufficiently _____ to be a juggler.
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The cohesion of Alexander the Great`s vast empire was _____; at his death, Alexander`s lands were divided among his generals, Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Antigonus the One-Eyed.
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His wife`s icy stare and aloof demeanor told Johann unequivocally that his propitiatory gifts had failed to _____ her anger.
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By consuming _____ numbers of power bars, some athletes believe they will have proportionally greater amounts of endurance and strength because of the energy-producing ingredients these products claim to contain.
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The comprehensive bill, signed into law by the president late last week, was _____ 249 new regulations on the fishing industry.
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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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