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01. The exhausted regimen _____dwindled______ down to a few troops.

02. Secret documents listed the ______heir______ to the large fortune.

03. Iris made a _____deliberate______ attempt to ignore their biting comments.

04. The ____surplus______ of waste materials has polluted our rivers.

05. Charles blundered off in the wrong direction without ____heeding_____ my warning cries.

06. Lincoln tried in vain to keep the North and South ____unified________ .

07. It did not take long before the unruly crowd turned into a mob of howling _____vandals_________ .

08. The confirmed bachelor could not _____abide______ having anyone touch a single utensil in his home.

09. If the _____drought_____ does not end soon. I can predict a famine.

10. The population rise will reach its _____summit_____ in a few years and then it will level off.

11. Lt. Jenkins lost every morsel of self-respect and became a _____traitor_______ to his flag.

12. The loyal captain. _____majestic_____ in defeat, won the sympathy of the people.