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1. He absconded with the Wells-Fargo heist, but the FBI eventually captured him. • abscond - verb • Parts: ab(away); condere(place, hide) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: absconder (n) • Context Phrase:

2. Divorce is no longer an anomaly among members of England’s royal family. • anomaly - noun • Parts: an (not) homo (same) y (result of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: anomalous (adj. ) Context Phrase:

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

4. The miners clamored for higher pay and better working conditions. • clamor - verb • Parts: clam (shout, cry out); or (action of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: na Variant forms: clamorous (adj) Context Phrase:

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

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

7. Which entertainer is known by the epithet (“The Gloved one”? ) (Michael Jackson) • epithet - noun • Parts: epi (on, upon); thet (put, place) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: na Context Phrase:

8. The ingenious person who came up with the idea of Post It Notes is now a multimillionaire. • ingenious-adj. • Parts: in (in); gen (start, origin) ious (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: ingenuity (n) Context Phrase:

9. The vows of priesthood are inviolable; the decision to take them requires careful thought. • inviolable - adj. • Parts: in (not); violare (violate); able (capable of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: inviolability (n); inviolably (adv) Context Phrase:

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

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

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

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) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: precursory (adj) Context Phrase:

14. The pugnacious man who had alienated his neighbors was not invited to the picnic. . • pugnacoius – adj. • Parts: pug (fight); acious (inclined to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: pugnacity (n); pugnaciously (adv) Context Phrase:

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) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: reprehensibility (n) reprehensibly (adv) Context Phrase:

16. The corrupt politician created sinecures for those who had contributed to his campaign. . • sinecure – noun • Parts: sin (without); cur (care) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: na Antonyms: na Variant forms: na Context Phrase:

17. During our trip to Disneyland in California, we planned a sojourn to the Grand Canyon. • sojourn – n. • Parts: sub (under) dirunum (day) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: na Variant forms: sojourner (noun) Context Phrase:

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

19. Transfixed by the animated storyteller, the children sat quietly for an hour. • transfix– verb • Parts: trans (across); fix (put, place) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • • Synonyms: Antonyms: Variant forms: na Context Phrase:

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