raillery
bequeath
dysentery
facilitate
emphasis
dentifrice
miscreant
paralysis
teetotaler
apprentice
gesticulate
benediction
explanatory
conciliatory
bailiff
attitude
steadfast
stratagem
detriment
calcimine
diametrically
tarlatan
trillium
pictorial
cretonne
vanquish
loathsome
masquerade
The teetotaler's emphasis and gestures evoked the apprentice's
raillery. Detectives were despatched to seize the miscreant's
accomplices. Amity and enmity are diametrically opposed. The navvy
interspersed jocose remarks about the use of a dentifrice. Nothing
can exceed my desire to accede to your request for mistletoe. My sire
bequeathed me his benediction. His conciliatory attitude towards the
anthracite miners facilitated negotiations. A difference of a few
instants menaced the success of our stratagem. I related an instance
of the bailiff's deference.
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fallacy
efficacy
celibacy
advocacy
obstinacy
intricacy
democracy
supremacy
episcopacy
aristocracy
futile
facile
textile
ductile
versatile
cheviot
loyalist
platinum
persuasive
Shakespeare
The fallacy of the critic's argument was evident. The principles of
democracy rarely find advocacy among members of the aristocracy.
Within his realms the king holds supremacy. The ductile nature of
platinum permits nice intricacy of design. None ever surpassed
Aristotle in versatile genius. Cheviot cloth is a textile fabric.
Celibacy of the clergy is a trait distinctive of the Catholic Church.
The majority of the loyalists embraced Episcopacy. He vouched for
the efficacy of the liniment. Shakespeare's facile pen has delighted
many generations. The tyrant's obstinacy rendered futile our most
persuasive appeals.
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heresy
ecstasy
apostasy
courtesy
hypocrisy
curtsy
epilepsy
amateur
grandeur
chauffeur
tragical
sceptical
fanatical
majestical
ecclesiastical
succumb
transient
obeisance
palmistry
bumptious
A stranger's courtesy often exceeds a friend's. Revere sincerity,
shun hypocrisy. Even transient visitors were unwearied in lauding
the grandeur of the scene. Judas's apostasy consigned him to the
reprobate class. "Waked to ecstasy the living lyre." The tutor
succumbed to epilepsy. She made a graceful curtsy or obeisance to the
duchess. I dissuaded him from employing a bumptious amateur in lieu
of an experienced chauffeur. The procession swept majestically along.
His bigoted, fanatical views were resolutely suppressed. Subsequently
he was sceptical of the claims of palmistry. The curate was tried for
heresy before an ecclesiastical tribunal. The ruffian met a tragical
fate.
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decency
currency
tendency
efficiency
emergency
vagrancy
brilliancy
occupancy
discrepancy
repugnancy
radical
identical
technical
tyrannical
alphabetical
redoubt
schedule
catalogue
veterinary
vaccination
"Want of decency is want of sense." Evidently there is some
radical defect when young men descend to vagrancy. None doubted
the efficiency of the veterinary surgeon. The auditor found no
discrepancy in the schedules. The Kaiser's occupancy of the castle
was brief. The impostor has a tendency to use spurious currency. In
case of emergency the militia will defend the redoubt. The brilliancy
of the meteor was obscured by vapor. The catalogue of the technical
school gives an alphabetical list of apparatus. That is the identical
excuse you proffered previously. Our evil inclinations are our most
tyrannical foes. I feel no repugnancy towards vaccination.
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velocity
sagacity
audacity
duplicity
simplicity
elasticity
loquacity
complicity
reciprocity
eccentricity
lineage
heritage
assuage
scrimmage
hemorrhage
woeful
stevedore
surcingle
subpœna
malefactor
In children simplicity is usually preferred to loquacity. All men
appreciate the heritage of a noble lineage. I endeavored to assuage
his grief for his niece's death, due to a hemorrhage. Accused of
complicity in the plot, the malefactor was served with a subpœna.
The elasticity of rubber is familiar to all. The stevedore displayed
great audacity in the scrimmage. The initial velocity of a cannon
ball is tremendous. The artist's eccentricity of manner is woeful. He
accused me of duplicity in advocating a policy of reciprocity with
the United States. He is noted for the sagacity of his judgments. Get
a snaffle and surcingle for the pony.
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diversity
verbosity
animosity
immensity
perversity
intensity
pomposity
propensity
monstrosity
impetuosity
hypocrite
plebiscite
exquisite
requisite
perquisite
reconcile
conciseness
disinfectant
amphitheatre
sanctimonious
A sanctimonious hypocrite evinced great propensity to deceit. Part
beast, part bird, the creature was a monstrosity. The pomposity of
the speaker aroused the animosity of his audience. The immensity
of the amphitheatre was revealed by the intensity of the light.
Conciseness of style is preferable to verbosity. A diversity of
opinion exists as to the utility of disinfectants. A suite of
exquisitely fitted rooms is a perquisite of the viceroy's. Explain
the requisite qualifications for a voter in the plebiscite on local
option. A stubborn perversity of will may accompany impetuosity of
action.