1. 1.He absconded with the Wells-Fargo heist, but the FBI eventually captured him.
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Parts: ab(away); condere(place, hide)
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2. 2.Divorce is no longer an anomaly among members of England’s royal family.
anomaly - noun
Parts: an (not) homo (same) y (result of)
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3. 3. Many people expect the pope to beatify Mother Teresa, a nun and missionary who died in 1997.
beatify - verb
Parts: beatus (blessed); fy (make)
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4. 4. The miners clamored for higher pay and better working conditions.
clamor - verb
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5. 5.My purchasing a new car is contingent upon my selling the one I have currently.
contingent - adjective
Parts: con (together, with); ting (touch); ent (full of)
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6. 6. The aromas wafting from the kitchen assured us that dinner would be delectable.
delectable - adj
Parts: de (from) lect (choose, please) able (capable of)
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7. 7. Which entertainer is known by the epithet (“The Gloved one”
7. Which entertainer is known by the epithet (“The Gloved one”?) (Michael Jackson)
epithet - noun
Parts: epi (on, upon); thet (put, place)
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8. 8. The ingenious person who came up with the idea of Post It Notes is now a multimillionaire.
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9. 9. The vows of priesthood are inviolable; the decision to take them requires careful thought.
inviolable - adj.
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10. 10. The fragrance of flowers and the mellifluous singing of birds signal that spring has arrived.
mellifluous - adj.
Parts: mell (honey); flu (flow); ous (full of)
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11. 11. The judge must not allow her emotions to obfuscate her responsibility to be impartial..
obfuscate - verb
Parts:ob (against); fusc (darken); ate (cause, make)
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12. 12. Struggling with painful injuries, he remained pertinacious in his pursuit of Olympic gold.
pertinacious – adj.
Parts: per (through); tin (hold, keep); acious (inclined to)
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13. 13. A negative attitude is often a precursor to defeat in almost any new challenge.
precursor – noun
Parts: pre (before); curs (run); or (that which)
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14. 14. The pugnacious man who had alienated his neighbors was not invited to the picnic..
pugnacoius – adj.
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15. 15. The fans protested the referee’s reprehensible call by shouting at him throughout the game.
reprehensible – adj.
Parts: re (back, again); prehens (grasp); ible (capable of)
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16. 16. The corrupt politician created sinecures for those who had contributed to his campaign..
sinecure – noun
Parts: sin (without); cur (care)
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17. 17. During our trip to Disneyland in California, we planned a sojourn to the Grand Canyon.
sojourn – n.
Parts: sub (under) dirunum (day)
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18. 18. When the media reported the surreptitious business deals with the legislator’s brother, the public reacted.
surreptitious – adj.
Parts: sub (under); rapt (seize, grasp); ious (full of)
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19. 19. Transfixed by the animated storyteller, the children sat quietly for an hour.
transfix– verb
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20. 20. Miss Hannigan, unscrupulous head of the orphanage, plotted with her brother to claim the reward for finding Annie’s parents.
unscrupulous – adj.
Parts: un (not); scrupulus ( rough pebble) ous (full of)
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