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BENEVOLENT most nearly means

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PERFIDIOUS most nearly means

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LOQUACIOUS most nearly means

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OBSEQUIOUS most nearly means

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EPHEMERAL most nearly means

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PERSPICACIOUS most nearly means

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CHAPTER is to NOVEL as VERSE is to

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DRIZZLE is to DOWNPOUR as WHISPER is to

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SCALPEL is to SURGEON as GAVEL is to

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MENDACIOUS is to TRUTH as MISERLY is to

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PROCRASTINATE is to DELAY as EXACERBATE is to

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The primary purpose of this passage is to

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As used in the passage, the word "harbors" most nearly means

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According to the passage, the discovery of hydrothermal vent communities was significant primarily because it

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The author's tone in the passage can best be described as

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The author implies that the ocean is a "conceptual frontier" because

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The senator's speech was so ——— that even her opponents admitted it was difficult to find fault with her reasoning.

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Despite her reputation for being ———, the critic surprised the audience by writing a review that was surprisingly ——— of the young playwright's debut work.

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The historian argued that revolutions rarely arise from ——— populations; rather, it is those who have just begun to taste freedom who revolt most fiercely.

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The novel's ——— plot structure, in which events from five different timelines are woven together without chronological order, was praised as ——— by literary critics who valued innovation over accessibility.