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1. | indigent, destitute, poverty-stricken | 4. | The poems were found only after the poet's death and therefore were published __________________. | 5. | complex, complicated | 6. | overly neat, proper, formal | 7. | melancholy, sad, dreary | 10. | persistent, stubborn, obstinate | 11. | never stopping, ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted | 13. | inhibit, hinder, impede | 16. | hardworking, not lazy | 18. | bitterly sarcastic, wry, caustic | 19. | servitude, slavery; the practice of being physically restrained | 20. | foot the bill, bear the cost |
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2. | Because you do not want your paper to be too wordy, it is necessary to eliminate _________________ words. | 3. | clear; easily understood; intelligible | 8. | to make amends, as for a sin or fault | 9. | ridicule, deride | 12. | replace, oust | 14. | gruesome, dreadful, grisly, appalling | 15. | adhere, conform | 17. | likely, believable, trustworthy |
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