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Although the Gutenberg press revolutionized the world of book sales, some monasteries continued to produce __________ by the old-fashioned methods of handwriting for some time.

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After suffering countless defeats, the football team was utterly __________, to the point of no longer hoping for victories in the coming season.

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After many failures, it is often difficult to believe that success is on the __________; nevertheless, one should slog on with high hopes of success.

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Filbert would often intone the latest __________ that he had written for the worship at his monastery.

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Many misinterpreted Thomas’ __________ gait as a mark of total complacency and laziness.

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The servant filled the ___________ with hot water and took the vessel into the dining room for the pre-meal hand washing.

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Although the story was an enjoyable read on the whole, it was often rather __________ in portraying eighteenth-century characters often with manners more akin to those of the mid-nineteenth century.

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The author’s well known and epic __________ was written over a period of eighteen years amid the terrors and displacements of the Second World War.

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Her new dress was a __________ violation of the school’s dress code, with multiple elements that were completely prohibited.

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David’s family knew that the garage was his __________, where he could be alone to work or merely to think while pretending to do so.