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affluence abundance, especially of wealth America's @ makes many risk their lives to live here.
anthology a collection of selected literary pieces The @ of short stories was published last year.
beatitude a state of utmost bliss The @ of the blessed will surpass all imagining.
carrion dead and putrefying flesh The @ lay strewn about in back of the slaughterhouse.
conundrum a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun A book of @s can often be amusing.
din a loud, confused noise The children's @ broke everyone's concentration.
epitaph a brief inscription on a grave or tomb The man's @ told of his life and his work.
glen a small secluded valley They built a thriving community in the small @.
hypothesis a conclusion not yet fully proved Is evolution an @ or a fact?
isthmus a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas The @ of Panama connects North and South America.
libretto the text of a work for the musical theater The musician was not satisfied with the @.
mien air or bearing, especially as expressive of mood or personality; demeanor He bore a certain @ which spoke of high breeding.
obeisance a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission The servant bowed in @ to his master.
paternalism a system under which authority minutely regulates the conduct of people Our government often seems bent on @.
propensity a natural inclination; a leaning toward something His natural @ was to flee from danger.
reflection meditation; the act of bending or folding back Upon @ he decided to simply pay the ticket.
semblance a show without reality; a false pretense; a like- ness or resemblance Some countries seem to show no @ of respect for law.
teetotaler one who abstains from alcoholic drinks The @ drank only water and sassafras juice.
vainglory excessive or groundless vanity; boastfulness The man's @ was exceeded only by his lack of reason for it.
yawl a ship's small boat Captain Bligh was set adrift in the Bounty's @.