Few people are experts in many subjects, though some people can be at least __________ in quite a few.

Kevin was not known for making __________ arguments, for his sentences were often labyrinthine, obscure masses of confusion.

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Although the house was relatively new, it was in a state of significant disrepair, to the point that it looked much worse than many old, __________ buildings in town.

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Although the question of the soul’s immortality was interesting to the physicist, he was not currently concerned with it, as it was __________ to the questions he was asking in his experiment on the rotation of the earth on its axis.

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Robert’s words were almost always __________, having little real content and ultimately no meaning for those to whom they were directed.

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The children were amazed at how the __________ trapeze artist was able to walk the tight rope and fly through the air.

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The elderly woman’s __________ tone about modern dating habits made the young men hesitant to tell her about their personal lives.

Jason's professor liked his creative writing piece, but thought that it was too full of __________ sayings like "the early bird gets the worm" that detracted from the work because of how overused the sayings were.

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Chelsea's __________ sister almost never stops talking and interrupts every conversation she overhears.

The story was published __________, so Wallace knew that contacting the author would be a challenging task, as no one knew who he or she was.