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  1. "advance"
  2. "to move ahead"
  3. "You will advance in your school work"
  4. "if you have a good vocabulary."
  5. ""
  6. "The teacher would not _______ him a"
  7. "grade because he had not learned"
  8. "how to read."
  9. "apprehend"
  10. "to catch"
  11. "The police are working to apprehend"
  12. "the criminal."
  13. ""
  14. "The man made an unsuccessful attempt"
  15. "to _________ his assailant."
  16. ""
  17. "balk"
  18. "to stubbornly refuse"
  19. "Children sometimes balk at brushing"
  20. "their teeth."
  21. ""
  22. "Do you ____ at answering questions"
  23. "aloud in class?  "
  24. ""
  25. "besiege"
  26. "to surround to capture"
  27. "The army regiment will besiege the"
  28. "enemy at dawn tomorrow."
  29. ""
  30. "The sharks were readying to _______"
  31. "the poor wounded whale."
  32. ""
  33. "bicker"
  34. "to quarrel"
  35. "The children often bicker with their"
  36. "brothers and sisters."
  37. ""
  38. "`Please don't ______ with me,` said"
  39. "the teacher to an unruly student. "
  40. ""
  41. "calculate"
  42. "to figure out"
  43. "Will you calculate what I owe you?"
  44. ""
  45. ""
  46. "Julie was always stuck with the"
  47. "chore of having to _________ the"
  48. "waiter's tip."
  49. "coddle"
  50. "to treat tenderly"
  51. "Sometimes it is necessary to coddle"
  52. "a person who is ill."
  53. ""
  54. "Parents can not always ______ their"
  55. "children."
  56. ""
  57. "congregate"
  58. "to assemble"
  59. "The students will congregate in the"
  60. "courtyard for the flag salute."
  61. ""
  62. "In San Francisco, protesters often"
  63. "__________ in Union Square."
  64. ""
  65. "decrease"
  66. "to become less"
  67. "If you peek ahead at the last page,"
  68. "it will decrease your pleasure in"
  69. "reading the book."
  70. "The doctor urged him to ________ his"
  71. "intake of fatty foods."
  72. ""
  73. "depose"
  74. "to put out of office"
  75. "* filed a petition to"
  76. "depose the corrupt mayor."
  77. ""
  78. "The bright new candidate will most"
  79. "likely ______ the incumbent candidate."
  80. ""
  81. "discipline"
  82. "to punish"
  83. "The parents found it necessary to"
  84. "discipline the child who broke the"
  85. "windows."
  86. "The children had a difficult time"
  87. "trying to __________ the dog."
  88. ""
  89. "duplicate"
  90. "to copy"
  91. "Please go to the copy machine and"
  92. "duplicate this letter for me."
  93. ""
  94. "That artist is an expert forger"
  95. "because he can _________ "
  96. "great works of art perfectly."
  97. "establish"
  98. "to set up"
  99. "* will establish a new"
  100. "procedure for our meetings."
  101. ""
  102. "The fraternity attempted to _________"
  103. "a new tradition of sponsoring a"
  104. "fund-raising dance for charity."
  105. "forfeit"
  106. "to lose as a penalty"
  107. "We will forfeit the baseball game"
  108. "if we don't have at least nine"
  109. "players."
  110. "Bjorn Borg was forced to _______ a"
  111. "world tennis match because of a leg"
  112. "injury."
  113. "ignite"
  114. "to set on fire"
  115. "That pile of oily rags could ignite"
  116. "easily; it is a fire hazard."
  117. ""
  118. "Fields of dry grass can ______ from"
  119. "just one burning cigarette ash."
  120. ""
  121. "inoculate"
  122. "to vaccinate"
  123. "The nurse will inoculate the"
  124. "children with a serum to protect"
  125. "them from mumps."
  126. "It is necessary to _________ travelers"
  127. "against diseases they might get in"
  128. "a foreign country."
  129. "necessitate"
  130. "to cause to be needed"
  131. "Having extra students will"
  132. "necessitate getting more chairs"
  133. "for the classroom."
  134. "The sharp increase in inflation will"
  135. "___________ an increase in wages."
  136. ""
  137. "portion"
  138. "to divide into shares"
  139. "Please portion the inheritance so"
  140. "that each child gets an equal share"
  141. "of the money."
  142. "The surveyor had to _______ the land"
  143. "into equal parcels."
  144. ""
  145. "react"
  146. "to respond to"
  147. "* will always react to a"
  148. "compliment by blushing."
  149. ""
  150. "I can never predict how my sister"
  151. "will _____."
  152. ""
  153. "reserve"
  154. "to keep back"
  155. "We will reserve some wood for winter."
  156. ""
  157. ""
  158. "We always try to _______ the same"
  159. "table at our favorite restaurant."
  160. ""
  161. "retrieve"
  162. "to get back"
  163. "Go to the lost-and-found to retrieve"
  164. "your sweater."
  165. ""
  166. "She will never be able to ________"
  167. "her stolen purse."
  168. ""
  169. "salvage"
  170. "to save from loss"
  171. "We managed to salvage some things"
  172. "from the fire."
  173. ""
  174. "The couple made every effort to"
  175. "_______ their belongings after the"
  176. "flood."
  177. "transmit"
  178. "to send over"
  179. "Christy wants to learn how to "
  180. "transmit messages in Morse code."
  181. ""
  182. "You can ________ the latest"
  183. "information to me on a computerized"
  184. "Telex machine."
  185. "violate"
  186. "to break a law"
  187. "You will get into trouble if you"
  188. "violate your parents' curfew."
  189. ""
  190. "The judge urged the prisoners never"
  191. "to _______ the law again."
  192. ""
  193. "weld"
  194. "to join together"
  195. "In order to repair the chair, we"
  196. "must first weld the frame together."
  197. ""
  198. "I paid the mechanic $20 to ____"
  199. "the muffler back onto my car."
  200. ""
  201. chair, we"
  202. "must first weld the frame together."
  203. ""
  204. "I paid the mechanic $20 to ____"
  205. "the muffler back onto my car."
  206.