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Due to the lack of government regulations, industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were able to accrue vast fortunes in the 19th century.
VERB – TO GROW OR ACCUMULATE OVER TIME

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High school students must include annotations in their works cited pages.
NOUN – A CRITICAL OR EXPLANATORY NOTE OR COMMENT

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In the 17th and 18th centuries people commonly referred to institutions for the mentally disabled as Bedlam.
NOUN – A STATE OR SCENE OF UPROAR OR CONFUSION

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The plan to capture Osama Bin Laden involved covert operations and careful timing. (2)
ADJECTIVE – HIDDEN, DISGUISED, PURPOSEFULLY KEPT SECRET
NOUN – A HIDING PLACE

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His debonair manner did not fool me; I knew that he had calculated his every move to undermine our forming a new political party.
ADJ – PLEASANT, COURTEOUS, LIGHTHEARTED

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When a dun threatened Charles Dickens with debtor’s prison, Dickens replied: “I care nothing for the temporary embarrassment of life!” (noun, but can also be a verb and adjective). (3)
VERB – TO DEMAND INSISTENTLY
NOUN – A CREDITOR
ADJ – DARK, DULL, DRAB

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Many people suffering from pain find acupuncture efficacious in relieving their symptoms.
ADJ – EFFECTIVE, PRODUCING RESULTS

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The sign of a true leader is one who faces every adversity with equanimity, and works to find a solution.
NOUN – CALMNESS, COMPOSURE

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Meeting her lost sister in the Amazon jungle after a 10 year search in Europe was a fortuitous event; she was totally speechless.
ADJ – ACCIDENTAL, OCCURRING BY A HAPPY CHANCE

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Having digressed on a variety of topics for two hours, the candidate finally delivered the gist of his long winded speech.
NOUN – THE ESSENTIAL PART, MAIN POINT

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No matter how much a writer may love his or her creation, he/she must edit any gratuitous detail that does not advance the plot or theme.
ADJ – FREELY GIVEN; UNWARRANTED

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In Colonial India, many British citizens enjoyed a life of privilege and luxury; as a result their attitude was often imperious and supercilious towards their Indian servants.
ADJ – OVERBEARING, ARROGANT

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Rather than a polite and respectful debate, the two candidates shouted a torrent of invective, attacking each other’s spouses and relatives. (2)
NOUN – STRONG DENUNCIATION
ADJ - ABUSIVE

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Despite the horrified stares of the other guests, she seemed oblivious as she paraded her motley jacket of yellows, blues and reds and purple, polka dot pants among them. (2)
ADJ – SHOWING GREAT VARIETY
NOUN – A JESTER’S COSTUME

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As we had always considered him to be a miser, we were shocked by his munificent gift of a $1,000, to the town library.
ADJ – EXTREMELY GENEROUS, LAVISH

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Despite dire warnings by his professor, the student procrastinated completing the essay until it was too late.
VERB – TO DELAY, PUT OFF UNTIL LATER

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However unsettling, I much prefer a provocative story line to a vapid one.
ADJ – TENDING TO PRODUCE A STRONG FEELING OR RESPONSE

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In describing the relationship between human beings and a superior being, philosophers often wrote recondite texts that only a few scholars could understand.
ADJ – EXCEEDING ORDINARY KNOWLEDGE

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Despite several convictions and prison terms, the reprobate showed no intention of reforming. (3)
NOUN – A DEPRAVED, VICIOUS, OR UNPRINCIPLED PERSON
VERB – TO DISAPPROVE OF
ADJ – WICKED, CORRUPT

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Because office jobs tend to be sedentary, it is easy to gain weight and become sluggish.
ADJ – CHARACTERIZED BY OR CALLING FOR CONTINUED SITTING