Two Nouns in Two Blank Texts

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The priest"s __________ was widely condemned by the more traditional __________.

heresy . . . prelates brevity . . . sluggards laxity . . . archetypes debility . . . braggarts orthodoxy . . . paragons

Although a dictator, many people saw his rule as a welcome __________ from the __________ of the country"s civil wars.

restorative . . . lucidity respite . . . anarchy alibi . . . harmony discordance . . . chaos egress . . . euphony

Not at all a(an) __________, the prolific cockroach is a(an) __________ to bug phobics worldwide.

normality . . . anathema normality . . . infatuation anomaly . . . anathema standard . . . yearning anomaly . . . infatuation

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Becoming a professional classical pianist requires not only superior manual __________ but also an extreme level of musical __________ in interpreting the note phrases in each piece.

probity . . . churlishness vigor . . . hardiness fluidity . . . effrontery dexterity . . . virtuosity dispatch . . . epistemology

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The manager"s __________ the waitresses in his restaurant was so pronounced that one customer accused him of being a(n) __________.

support of . . . suffragist castigation of . . . iconoclast antipathy toward . . . misogynist deference to . . . philanthropist aggrandizement of . . . tyro

Antoine"s gradual decision to embrace __________ seemed natural and inoffensive to him, but he became a __________ in his devoutly religious family.

philosophy . . . intellectual quiescence . . . devotee fundamentalism . . . star atheism . . . pariah monogamy . . . oddity

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best completes the sentence. Little did the populace know, when they overthrew the brutal dictator and ushered in the __________, that their eventual new leader would be little more than a charismatic __________ who ultimately proved a small improvement over the old regime.

libertine . . . raconteur intermission . . . statesman ellipsis . . . haberdasher interregnum . . . demagogue encomium . . . augur

After many years of living as a __________, Henry decided to find a fixed _________ and cease his years of wandering.

tourist . . . apartment raconteur . . . citizenship contractor . . . gradation vagabond . . . habitation carnie . . . location

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Whether alone in their houses or gathered in a great __________, the citizens of the state had very little knowledge about the details pertaining to the overwhelming __________ of global politics, with its many actors and numerous concerns.

polity . . . discussions vanguard . . . meetings legislature . . . corruption quorum . . . dealings multitude . . . complexity

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Unfortunately, most people judge others based on __________; few look beyond external __________ when choosing friends.

appearances . . . features opinions . . . facts qualities . . . abilities integrity . . . character feelings . . . emotions
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Title: Two Nouns in Two Blank Texts
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