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request


The president's plea to release the captives* was denied by the enemy.

appeal

_{The employees* turned in a plea to their boss for higher pay.}

that which is asked of another

 _{In court today, the judge consented* to the lawyer's plea for a light sentence.}

tired

• _{I am weary of debating* the same topic* all day.}
• _{The farmer grew weary of bringing in the harvest* every year for the past forty summers.}
• _{Let me rest my weary bones here before the march commences.*}

come together with force

• _{When the two autos collided, the people in the fragile* smaller car perished.*}
• _{Committees are exploring* ways of keeping cars from colliding.}
• _{In my estimate* the two bicycles collided at five o'clock.}

prove to be true or correct

• _{A probe* of the criminal's background confirmed that he had been in}
• _{jail numerous* times.}
• _{Years of research confirmed the theory* that}
• _{smoking is harmfuL}

make certain

_{The way Victor talked back to his mother confirmed that he was defiant.*}

prove to be true

_{A "yes man" is an employee* who will verify everything the boss says.}

confirm

• _{I was there as a witness to verify the charges against the bus}
• _driver.
• _{The data* I turned in were verified by the clerks in our}
• _office.

look forward to


_{With his weird* powers, Lonnie was able to anticipate the ringing of the telephone.}

expect

• _{We anticipate a panic* if the news is  revealed* to the public.}
• _{Harriet anticipated the approach* of the mailman with fright.}

situation requiring a choice between two evils

• _{It is sensible not to panic* in the face of a dilemma.}
• _{Lottie faced the dilemma of whether to approve of the operation or not.}
• _{In "The Lady or the Tiger," the hero had the dilemma of which door to open.}

a roundabout way

• _{Pop was uneasy* about taking the detour in this strange town.}
• _{In order to evade* city traffic, Anthony took a detour.}
• _{The detour took us ten miles off our course.}

goodness


_{My brother was promoted because of merit, not because of friendship.}

worth

_{There is little merit in lying to those you love.}

value


_{I can't see any merit in your proposal.}

send over


_{Garcia's message was transmitted to the appropriate* people.}

pass on

_{Our local radio station does not transmit broadcasts after midnight.}

pass along


_{Scientists can now transmit messages from space vessels* to earth.}

let through

make less

_{The peace agreement relieved us of the threat* of an attack.}

make easier

A majority* of the population* wanted to relieve the mayor of his duty

reduce the pain of


_{The pills relieved the pain from the wound I received in the conflict.*}

replace

release

• free

be too hard to understand or solve

• _{How so mediocre* a player earned so much money baffled me.}
• _{The topic* of relativity is a baffling one.}
• _{Sherlock Holmes would undoubtedly* have been baffled by the way the crime was committed.}

keeper

A cautious* warden always has to anticipate* the possibility of an escape.

guard


_{The warden found himself facing two hundred defiant* prisoners.}

person in charge of a prison


_{When the journalists* asked to meet with Warden Thomas, he sent word that he was sick.}

admit to be true

• _{a.  The experts reluctantly* acknowledged that their estimate* of food costs was not accurate.*}
• _{b.  District Attorney Hogan got the man to acknowledge that he had lied in court.}
• _{c.  "I hate living alone," the bachelor* acknowledged.}

just conduct

• _{Daniel Webster abandoned* any hope for justice once he saw the jury.}
• _{Our pledge* to the flag refers to "liberty and justice for all."}

fair dealing

_{The warden* acknowledged* that justice had not been served in my case.}

an offender

All delinquents are banned* from the Student Council at school.

criminal


_{The youthful delinquent tried to avoid* going to jail.}

behind time

_{If you are delinquent in  paying your dues, you will be dropped from membership in the club.}

refuse to take, use, believe, consider, grant, etc.

• _{When Sylvester tried to join the army, he was hoping the doctors would not reject him because of his eyesight.}
• _{The reform* bill was unanimously* rejected by Congress.}
• _{When his promotion was rejected by the newspaper owner, the editor* was thoroughly* bewildered.*}

take away from by force

• _{The poor man was deprived of a variety* of things that money could buy.}
• _{We were deprived of a good harvest* because of the lack* of rain.}
• _{Living in a rural* area, Betsy was deprived of concerts and plays.}

husband or wife

• _{When a husband prospers* in  his business, his spouse benefits also.}
• _{The woman and her spouse relieved* each other throughout the night at their child's bedside.}
• _{"May I bring my spouse to the office party?" Dorinda asked.}

occupation

business

• _{Hiroko's vocation turned into his life's career.}

profession

 _{It is difficult to pick an appropriate* vocation when you are in elementary school.}

trade

_{Red Smith's vocation was as a journalist* for the Times.}

not firmly fixed

• _{Some unstable people may panic* when they find themselves in trouble.}
• _{Cathy's balance became unstable because she was very weary.*}

easily moved or overthrown


_{I could detect* that the drinking glass was unstable} and about to fall. c.

a killing of one human being by another

• _{It took a crafty* person to get away with that homicide.}
• _{News of the homicide quickly circulated* through our vicinity.*}

murder

_{The police were baffled* as to who was responsible for the homicide.}

declare punishable by law or rule;

_{Mrs. Robins penalized us for doing the math problem in ink.}

set a penalty for

• _{The Detroit Lions were penalized fifteen yards for their rough play.}
• _{We were penalized for not following tradition.}

• person who receives benefit
•  ^{I was the beneficiary of $8,000 when my grandfather died.}
• ^{When the paintings were sold, the millionaire's niece was the beneficiary.}
• ^{My brother was the beneficiary of excellent advice from his guidance counselor.}

a cold blooded animal that creeps or crawls; snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators, and crocodiles

• _{The lizard is a reptile with a very slender* body.}
• _{Reptiles are kept in the museum's large hall.}
• _{A crocodile is a reptile that is more nimble* in the water than out of it.}

seldom

_{You rarely hear adults raving* about a movie they just saw.}

not often

• _{People are rarely frank* with each other.}
• _{I rarely attend the annual* meetings of our family circle.}

order someone not to do something;

_{Spitting on the floor is forbidden in  public places.}

make a rule against

• _{The law forbids drunken drivers to handle their autos .}
• _{I forbid you to enter the dense* jungle because of the peril* that awaits you there.}

reasonable

_{It is logical to spend a minimum* on needless things.}

reasonably expected

• _{In order to keep your car running well, it is only logical that you lubricate* it regularly.}
• _{I used a logical argument to persuade* Lester to leave.}

display

_{A million-dollar microscope* is now on exhibit at our school.}

show

• _{The bride and groom exhibited their many expensive* gifts.}
• _{Kim frequently* exhibited her vast knowledge* of baseball before complete strangers.}

go on after having stopped

_{The senator proceeded to denounce* those wholesalers* who would deprive* Americans of their quota* of beef.}

move forward

• _{Only those with special cards can proceed into the pool area}
• _{When the actor was late, the show proceeded without him}

measures taken beforehand

• _{We must take every precaution not to pollute* the air.}
• _{Before igniting* the fire, the hunters took unusual precaution.}

foresight

_{Detectives used precaution before entering the bomb's vicinity.*}

pull out or draw out, usually with some effort

• _{Dr. Fogel extracted my tooth in an amateur* fashion.}
• _{Chemists extracted the essential* vitamins from the grain.}
• _{Spencer was ingenious* in extracting information from witnesses.}

coming before;

• _{Prior to choosing his life's vocation,* Paul traveled to India.}
• _{Myrna was unhappy prior to meeting her beau.}

earlier

_{President Obama had prior service as a senator.}

hug one another; a hug

• _{After having been rivals* for years, the two men embraced.}
• _{When Ellen's spouse* approached,* she slipped out of Doug's embrace.}
• _{The young girl was bewildered* when the stranger embraced her.}

brave; courageous

• _{Robin Hood was valiant and faced his opponents* without fear.}
• _{The valiant paratroopers led the invasion.}
• _{Grandma joad had the ability* to be valiant when the need arose.}

not complete; not total

• _{We made a partial listing of the urgently* needed supplies.}
• _{Macy's had a sale on a partial selection of its winter clothes.}
• _{Using only a partial amount of his great speed, jim surpassed* all the other runners.}