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KEY:  1–c, 2–g, 3–a, 4–e, 5–b, 6–d, 7–f





  Can you work with the words? (IV)


    1. parsimonious                                           a. begin to vanish


    2. destitute                                              b. stingy, frugal

    3. opulent                                                c. highly praising

    4. vicarious                                              d. hackneyed phrase


    5. euphonic                                               e. ostentatiously wealthy

    6. eulogistic                                             f. stilted in expression

    7. evanesce                                               g. pleasant-sounding


    8. eulogize                                               h. in want

    9. bromidic                                               i. secondhand

  10. cliché                                                  j. praise
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