1.He absconded with the Wells-Fargo heist, but the FBI eventually captured him.

• Parts: ab(away); condere(place, hide)

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• Antonyms:• Variant forms: absconder (n) • Context Phrase:

• abscond - verb

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2.Divorce is no longer an anomaly among members of England’s royal family.

• Parts: an (not) homo (same) y (result of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: anomalous (adj.) • Context Phrase:

• anomaly - noun

3. Many people expect the pope to beatify Mother Teresa, a nun and missionary who died in 1997.

• Parts: beatus (blessed); fy (make)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms• Variant forms: beatific (adj) beatification(n) beatitide (n)• Context Phrase:

• beatify - verb

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4. The miners clamored for higher pay and better working conditions.

• Parts: clam (shout, cry out); or (action of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms: na• Variant forms: clamorous (adj)• Context Phrase:

• clamor - verb

5.My purchasing a new car is contingent upon my selling the one I have currently.

• Parts: con (together, with); ting (touch); ent (full of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: contingency (noun) • Context Phrase:

• contingent - adjective

6. The aromas wafting from the kitchen assured us that dinner would be delectable.

• Parts: de (from) lect (choose, please) able (capable of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms:delectability (n), delectabley (adv.) • Context Phrase:

• delectable - adj

7. Which entertainer is known by the epithet (“The Gloved one”?) (Michael Jackson)

• Parts: epi (on, upon); thet (put, place)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: na• Context Phrase:

• epithet - noun

8. The ingenious person who came up with the idea of Post It Notes is now a multimillionaire.

• Parts:in (in); gen (start, origin) ious (full of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms:ingenuity (n) • Context Phrase:

• ingenious-adj.

9. The vows of priesthood are inviolable; the decision to take them requires careful thought.

• Parts: in (not); violare (violate); able (capable of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms: • Variant forms: inviolability (n); inviolably (adv)• Context Phrase:

• inviolable - adj.

10. The fragrance of flowers and the mellifluous singing of birds signal that spring has arrived.

• Parts: mell (honey); flu (flow); ous (full of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: Mellifluence (n) mellifluent (adj) • Context Phrase:

• mellifluous - adj.

11. The judge must not allow her emotions to obfuscate her responsibility to be impartial..

• Parts:ob (against); fusc (darken); ate (cause, make)

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• Synonyms: • Antonyms:• Variant forms: obfuscation (n) obfuscatory (adj)• Context Phrase:

• obfuscate - verb

12. Struggling with painful injuries, he remained pertinacious in his pursuit of Olympic gold.

• Parts: per (through); tin (hold, keep); acious (inclined to)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: pertinacity (n) pertinaciously (adv)• Context Phrase:

• pertinacious – adj.

13. A negative attitude is often a precursor to defeat in almost any new challenge.

• Parts: pre (before); curs (run); or (that which)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms: \• Variant forms: precursory (adj)• Context Phrase:

• precursor – noun

14. The pugnacious man who had alienated his neighbors was not invited to the picnic..

• Parts: pug (fight); acious (inclined to)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: pugnacity (n); pugnaciously (adv)• Context Phrase:

• pugnacoius – adj.

15. The fans protested the referee’s reprehensible call by shouting at him throughout the game.

• Parts: re (back, again); prehens (grasp); ible (capable of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms: \• Variant forms: reprehensibility (n) reprehensibly (adv)• Context Phrase:

• reprehensible – adj.

16. The corrupt politician created sinecures for those who had contributed to his campaign..

• Parts: sin (without); cur (care)

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• Synonyms: na• Antonyms: na• Variant forms: na• Context Phrase:

• sinecure – noun

17. During our trip to Disneyland in California, we planned a sojourn to the Grand Canyon.

• Parts: sub (under) dirunum (day)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms: na• Variant forms: sojourner (noun)• Context Phrase:

• sojourn – n.

18. When the media reported the surreptitious business deals with the legislator’s brother, the public reacted.

• Parts: sub (under); rapt (seize, grasp); ious (full of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: surreptitiously (adv)• Context Phrase:

• surreptitious – adj.

19. Transfixed by the animated storyteller, the children sat quietly for an hour.

• Parts: trans (across); fix (put, place)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms: na• Context Phrase:

• transfix– verb

20. Miss Hannigan, unscrupulous head of the orphanage, plotted with her brother to claim the reward for finding Annie’s parents.

• Parts: un (not); scrupulus ( rough pebble) ous (full of)

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• Synonyms:• Antonyms:• Variant forms:unscrupulously(adv);unscrupulousness (n)• Context Phrase:

• unscrupulous – adj.