She was really taken ____ by everything of life in these books: beauty, wit, pride, faith, caprice, sorrow, regret, tenderness.

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After the initial shock and TERROR, anger buzzed through my body, battling with the cold that numbed my fingers and toes.

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The flavor is great, too — buttery with a SUBTLhint of yeast. (Source: Michael Russell, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019)

tricky profound delicate indirect

_______ that as both birds and mammals become larger, their metabolic rates per unit of tissue decrease, and they generally live longer.

Over 42% of the continent, EXCLUSIVof the Sahara Desert, is arable land, and 60% of the population are smallholder farmers.(Source: Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022)

excluding restrictive inclusive selective

The designer’s DEFT use of pattern simultaneously generates joy and calm. (Source: Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2024)

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When he heard of the agony and destruction that his(　　)= mc2 had wrought, he was dismayed beyond measure, and from then on there was a look of INEFFABLE sadness in his eyes.

Adult fleas ____ only blood and are external parasites of mammals and birds.

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____ you find yourself in a condition of being troubled or worried about some trifles, please cultivate a hobby.

Meanwhile his wife was in Paris, alone, WRETCHED, and very unwell.(Source: Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022)

A mood of HOPELESSNESS and cynicism is hardly likely to furnish the energy needed to meet serious challenges.

The purpose of the symposium, as I understood it, was to SCRUTINIZE the obligations of the media and to suggest the best ways to meet those obligations.

The charges have been modified over time and DROPPEfrom 17 counts to 15. (Source: Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023)

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Anything less than this is COERCION, and coerced consent is no consent at all. (Source: WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023)