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(Part 1) 20 Just How Much? (Part 2) 21 In My Opinion 22 How Big Is Your Appetite? 23 A Question of Trust 24 Is That a Compliment? (Part 1) 25 Is That a Compliment? (Part 2) 26 From Lazy to Lively 27 Hard at Work? 28 Words About Words (Part 1) 29 Words About Words (Part 2) 30 Where Did You Go to School? 31 Mind Your Manners 32 Is It Clear? 33 Words Describing Character 34 Musical Words 35 Animal Words 36 Words Describing Animals 37 Religious Words (Part 1) 38 Religious Words (Part 2) 39 Prefix Ex- 40 Commonly Confused Pairs (Part 1) 41 Commonly Confused Pairs (Part 2) 42 Commonly Confused Pairs (Part 3) 43 Annoying Words 44 What Did You Call Me? 45 Courtroom Words 46 Give Peace a Chance 47 Frightening Words 48 Group Dynamics 49 Governmental Words 50 Words of Scale 51 How’s It Going? 52 Attention to Detail 53 The Facts of Life 54 It’s Debatable 55 It’s a Party! 56 Describing the Landscape 57 It’s About Time (Part 1) 58 It’s About Time (Part 2) 59 The Times They Are A-Changing 60 Secondary Meanings (Part 1) 61 Secondary Meanings (Part 2) 62 Secondary Meanings (Part 3) 63 Secondary Meanings (Part 4) 64 How Are You Feeling? 65 Time Periods 66 Flavor f e ACTIVITY 152 pandemic panoply panegyrics panacea pandemonium ACTIVITY 153 e a f b d c ACTIVITY 154 periscope periodontal perigee perihelion periphrastic peripheral ACTIVITY 155 conscript inscribe scribe ascribe subscribe ACTIVITY 156 g c b a f d e ACTIVITY 157 prolix propagated provenance providential protuberance protracted procrastinate ACTIVITY 158 poignant compunction punctilio punctuate ACTIVITY 159 undisputable putative impute dispute disreputable ACTIVITY 160 acquisition inquisition requisition prerequisite perquisite ACTIVITY 161 supererogatory derogate prerogative roguish surrogate arrogate ACTIVITY 162 subsequent sequestered inconsequential obsequious ACTIVITY 163 eclectic ecstatic anecdote eccentric ACTIVITY 164 aficionado abridge ameliorate abut abet ACTIVITY 165 anomalous, atypical amnesty atrophy atheist aphasia ACTIVITY 166 solicitous cite resuscitate unsolicited ACTIVITY 167 d b a c f e ACTIVITY 168 contumacious conjugal contiguous congeal connote ACTIVITY 169 devolving debunked detritus decipher decadent denouement ACTIVITY 170 f a d c b e ACTIVITY 171 f b c d a e ACTIVITY 172 enormity enunciate ineluctable elocution evocative ACTIVITY 173 f d e c a b ACTIVITY 174 f e a c b d ACTIVITY 175 genocide genesis indigenous genealogy carcinogenic ACTIVITY 176 b e c a d ACTIVITY 177 d c b f a e ACTIVITY 178 navigate exigent unmitigated ambiguous mitigate castigate ACTIVITY 179 appendix impending pending compendious expenditure ACTIVITY 180 regnant regiment regicide regalia regent regal ACTIVITY 181 admonished agrarian adulated ascertain antiquated ACTIVITY 182 e d a b c f ACTIVITY 183 commiserated clambering catatonic to go about making revelry ill-tempered to conspire ACTIVITY 184 e a f d g b c ACTIVITY 185 espouse endowed evident entertain eradicate ACTIVITY 186 fickle feral foisted to waste delicate outlines or tracings to decorate with garlands ACTIVITY 187 f c a g b e d ACTIVITY 188 g f e d c b a ACTIVITY 189 impetus imprint intuition idiom impervious ACTIVITY 190 c b e a f d ACTIVITY 191 mull meander maim myopic mirth ACTIVITY 192 nimble natter nary noisome nadir negligible ACTIVITY 193 c g d f e a b ACTIVITY 194 pilfer preempt pander penchant prevaricate peddle perpetuate ACTIVITY 195 b c e d f a ACTIVITY 196 D O D S ACTIVITY 197 stark spurned soporific spurious specious stringent ACTIVITY 198 taut, tempest, tantamount titillate triage travesty ACTIVITY 199 unassuming ushered undulated utilitarian unctuous ACTIVITY 200 f a e d b c ... Ex- (Part 1) 132 Prefix: Ex- (Part 2) 133 Prefix: Ex- (Part 3) 134 Prefix: Im- (Part 1) 135 Prefix: Im- (Part 2) 136 Prefix: In- (Part 1) 137 Prefix: In- (Part 2) 138 Prefix: In- (Part 3) 139... Pre- (Part 2) Eponymous Parts of Speech from Antiquity (Part 1) Eponymous Parts of Speech from Antiquity (Part 2) Words from French (Part 1) Words from French (Part 2) Words from French (Part 3). .. a Compliment? (Part 1) 25 Is That a Compliment? (Part 2) 26 From Lazy to Lively 27 Hard at Work? 28 Words About Words (Part 1) 29 Words About Words (Part 2) 30 Where Did You Go to School? 31