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- 3. Owning 51% of the company, three ______ investors decided its policies.
- 7. To get a pill from a new bottle, you must break the ______ seal.
- 9. You might look at the mountain of laundry on your bedroom floor and feel like washing it will be a/an ______ job.
- 12. A center wall, painted with floral-themed ______ imagery, frames the open kitchen and rights the visual balance.
- 14. The band directors held a ______ band practice to make sure they would rock “Pomp and Circumstance” at graduation.
- 16. We won, but it was a ______ victory; our leading scorer broke her leg and has to sit out the rest of the season.
- 17. A power failure plunged the city into ______ blackness.
- 19. Out-of-towners may easily lose their way in New York City’s ______ subway passages.
- 20. My sister suffers from ______, so we’ve started locking her bedroom door at night so she can’t injure herself.
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- 1. The ______ing king was well known in kingdoms all over the world for his brusque, brutish mannerisms.
- 2. The little girl fell asleep clutching her ______, a worn ragdoll that served as a good luck charm to keep her safe.
- 4. His old ______, the lieutenant, was watching him like a hawk, waiting for him to mess up.
- 5. At first Robert Fulton’s plans for his steamboat were seen as ______ nonsense because nothing like that had ever been built.
- 6. The man won the contest due to his ______ strength.
- 8. Students yearn for the ______ leisure of summer vacation.
- 10. I will go ask the ______what I should do when I have a big life question, and I will follow its advice.
- 11. Some fans celebrated the Super Bowl football win with a/an ______ party.
- 13. The actress played a shrill ______ who hounded her sister into ending her marriage.
- 15. The ______ days of youth are spent in carefree play.
- 18. The amoeba, a/an ______ organism, continually changes its shape.