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  • The ___________ of her name was not a deliberate act. (OMIT)
    OMISSION
  • The senator has been in the spotlight recently since the ________ of his tax frauds.(REVEAL)
    REVELATION
  • Violence UNSETTLED the government. (What does it mean?)
    cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established
  • She did not understand the _________ of his remarks. (RELEVANT)
    RELEVANCE
  • He does not know it but he is looking straight at me, my face concealed behind a BOUGH thick with leaves. (What does it mean?)
    A bough is a large branch of a tree
  • The artist's ________ of the French countryside was shown in his painting. (DEPICT)
    DEPICTION
  • This is the beginning of modern __________, right here. PORTRAITURE - PORTRAITIST - PORTRAYAL
    PORTRAITURE
  • Take a hot air balloon and enjoy the TRANQUILLITY of the national parks from the skies. (What does it mean?)
    a state of calm or quietude
  • On________ to light the colour quickly darkens. (EXPOSE)
    EXPOSURE
  • The town is boring and _____________. (CHARACTER)
    CHARACTERLESS
  • I didn't look at anyone, feeling clueless and DISMAYED. (What does it mean?)
    filled with depression or discouragement
  • The noise was INCESSANT and disturbing and the battle was fierce. (What does it mean?)
    continuing or being repeated without stopping
  • Looking into the ________ of space, man also looks into the depths of godhead.(IMMENSE)
    IMMENSITY
  • Drugs are sold _________ (SHAME) in broad daylight.
    UNASHAMEDLY
  • They also tend to like stability and _________ In their lives. CONTINUATION - CONTINUITY - CONTINUING
    CONTINUITY
  • They had been DOUSED in petrol and burnt.  (What does it mean?)
    to plunge or thrust suddenly into liquid
  • The choir sang with __________(PRECISE).
    PRECISION
  • She remembered what happened that day with surprising _______. (CLEAR)
    CLARITY