Vocab Week 29

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Opprobrious
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Raconteur
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My respect for that man was lowered when he made a(n) _________ remark. His comments seemed out of place at such a high-class affair.
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The _______ pirates lived by stealing from innocent cargo ships. They always took more than they needed and often kidnapped women as part of their loot.
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Recusant
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One of Sara's ___________s was her inability to resist chocolate.
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Cognizant
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No one liked working for Dwight because he was so __________. If an employee made the slightest error, the employee would endure ten minutes of Dwight's cruel insults.
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Eating plenty of vegetables and exercising regularly are ___________ practices and will lead to a lifetime of good habits.
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__________ children are often put in "time-outs" so they can think about what they did wrong.
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The politician's speech was ________; she used some impressive phrases, but she really had nothing to say.
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She was alarmed when she became ________ of the strange man following her.
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It was _______ rather than genius that led the archeologist to his breathtaking discovery of the ancient civilization. While walking his dog in the desert, he tripped over the top of a buried tomb.
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Crass
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Salubrious
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My grandfather was a wonderful ________; he could entertain us for hours telling us about his childhood adventures.
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Rapacious
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Grandiloquent
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Serendipity
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Foible