1He was an audacious leader. He was ...............
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"Bold" means brave and confident, like "audacious" in this sentence.
2Why do you have such a belligerent attitude? The person's attitude is ...............
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"Hostile" means unfriendly and ready to argue, like "belligerent" in this sentence.
3The puritans led austere lives. They led very ............... lives.
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"Abstemious" means simple and self-denying, like "austere" in this sentence.
4Cats have an aversion to getting wet. Cats ............... to get wet.
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"Do not like" expresses the meaning of "have an aversion to" in this sentence.
5She gave him a baleful look. She gave him an ............... look.
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"Evil" means threatening or harmful, like "baleful" in this sentence.
6It was a balmy afternoon. It was ...............
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"Pleasantly warm" gives the meaning of "balmy" in this sentence.
7The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. They treated them ...............
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"Cruelly" gives the meaning of "with barbarity" in this sentence.
8The benign uncle tended to spoil the child. He was ............... to the boy.
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"Kind" means gentle and caring, like "benign" in this sentence.
9We took a circuitous path. We took a ............... path.
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"Winding" means not straight, like "circuitous" in this sentence.
10The king loved to behave in a very ceremonial manner. He behaved in a ............... manner.
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"Formal" gives the meaning of "ceremonial" in this sentence.
11It has been proved that fortune-tellers are charlatans. They are ...............
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"Tricksters" gives the meaning of "charlatans" in this sentence.
12Acid is caustic. It is ...............
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"Corrosive" means able to burn or eat away materials, like "caustic" in this sentence.
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- He was an audacious leader. He was bold.
- Why do you have such a belligerent attitude? The person’s attitude is hostile.
- The puritans led austere lives. They led very abstemious lives.
- Cats have an aversion to getting wet. Cats do not like to get wet.
- She gave him a baleful look. She gave him an evil look.
- It was a balmy afternoon. It was pleasantly warm.
- The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. They treated them cruelly.
- The benign uncle tended to spoil the child. He was kind to the boy.
- We took a circuitous path. We took a winding path.
- The king loved to behave in a very ceremonial manner. He behaved in a formal manner.
- It has been proved that fortune-tellers are charlatans. They are tricksters.
- Acid is caustic. It is corrosive.