1.He absconded with the Wells-Fargo heist, but the FBI eventually captured him.

1. 1.He absconded with the Wells-Fargo heist, but the FBI eventually captured him. • abscond - verb • Parts: ab(away); condere(place, hide) • Educated Guess: • Definition: Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: absconder (n) • Context Phrase:

2. 2.Divorce is no longer an anomaly among members of England’s royal family. • anomaly - noun • Parts: an (not) homo (same) y (result of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: anomalous (adj.) • Context Phrase:

3. 3. Many people expect the pope to beatify Mother Teresa, a nun and missionary who died in 1997. • beatify - verb • Parts: beatus (blessed); fy (make) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms • Variant forms: beatific (adj) beatification(n) beatitide (n) • Context Phrase:

4. 4. The miners clamored for higher pay and better working conditions. • clamor - verb • Parts: clam (shout, cry out); or (action of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: clamorous (adj) • Context Phrase:

5. 5.My purchasing a new car is contingent upon my selling the one I have currently. • contingent - adjective • Parts: con (together, with); ting (touch); ent (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: contingency (noun) • Context Phrase:

6. 6. The aromas wafting from the kitchen assured us that dinner would be delectable. • delectable - adj • Parts: de (from) lect (choose, please) able (capable of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms:delectability (n), delectabley (adv.) • Context Phrase:

7. 7. Which entertainer is known by the epithet (“The Gloved one”?) (Michael Jackson) • epithet - noun • Parts: epi (on, upon); thet (put, place) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

8. 8. The ingenious person who came up with the idea of Post It Notes is now a multimillionaire. • ingenious-adj. • Parts:in (in); gen (start, origin) ious (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms:ingenuity (n) • Context Phrase:

9. 9. The vows of priesthood are inviolable; the decision to take them requires careful thought. • inviolable - adj. • Parts: in (not); violare (violate); able (capable of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: inviolability (n); inviolably (adv) • Context Phrase:

10. 10. The fragrance of flowers and the mellifluous singing of birds signal that spring has arrived. • mellifluous - adj. • Parts: mell (honey); flu (flow); ous (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: Mellifluence (n) mellifluent (adj) • Context Phrase:

11. 11. The judge must not allow her emotions to obfuscate her responsibility to be impartial.. • obfuscate - verb • Parts:ob (against); fusc (darken); ate (cause, make) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: obfuscation (n) obfuscatory (adj) • Context Phrase:

12. 12. Struggling with painful injuries, he remained pertinacious in his pursuit of Olympic gold. • pertinacious – adj. • Parts: per (through); tin (hold, keep); acious (inclined to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: pertinacity (n) pertinaciously (adv) • Context Phrase:

13. 13. A negative attitude is often a precursor to defeat in almost any new challenge. • precursor – noun • Parts: pre (before); curs (run); or (that which) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: \ • Variant forms: precursory (adj) • Context Phrase:

14. 14. The pugnacious man who had alienated his neighbors was not invited to the picnic.. • pugnacoius – adj. • Parts: pug (fight); acious (inclined to) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: pugnacity (n); pugnaciously (adv) • Context Phrase:

15. 15. The fans protested the referee’s reprehensible call by shouting at him throughout the game. • reprehensible – adj. • Parts: re (back, again); prehens (grasp); ible (capable of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: \ • Variant forms: reprehensibility (n) reprehensibly (adv) • Context Phrase:

16. 16. The corrupt politician created sinecures for those who had contributed to his campaign.. • sinecure – noun • Parts: sin (without); cur (care) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: na • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

17. 17. During our trip to Disneyland in California, we planned a sojourn to the Grand Canyon. • sojourn – n. • Parts: sub (under) dirunum (day) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: na • Variant forms: sojourner (noun) • Context Phrase:

18. 18. When the media reported the surreptitious business deals with the legislator’s brother, the public reacted. • surreptitious – adj. • Parts: sub (under); rapt (seize, grasp); ious (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: surreptitiously (adv) • Context Phrase:

19. 19. Transfixed by the animated storyteller, the children sat quietly for an hour. • transfix– verb • Parts: trans (across); fix (put, place) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms: na • Context Phrase:

20. 20. Miss Hannigan, unscrupulous head of the orphanage, plotted with her brother to claim the reward for finding Annie’s parents. • unscrupulous – adj. • Parts: un (not); scrupulus ( rough pebble) ous (full of) • Educated Guess: • Definition: • Synonyms: • Antonyms: • Variant forms:unscrupulously(adv);unscrupulousness (n) • Context Phrase: