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Mending a friendship

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Sentence 1 Her first ____ was to write back immediately, but she slept on it. (11 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents impulse, tendency, leaning

Sentence 2 Her ____ faded when she learned why the invitations had never reached her. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents bitterness, rancor, indignation

Sentence 3 Their neighbor's quiet ____ kept the argument from spilling into the street. (12 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents intercession, involvement, mediation

Sentence 4 The host hoped a private apology would ____ the guest he had embarrassed. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents appease, placate, mollify

Sentence 5 The sisters had been ____ for years before a misdirected letter brought them together. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents alienated, distant, no longer close

Sentence 6 They could disagree about the house without reviving their old ____. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents hostility, enmity, ill will

Sentence 7 A short, honest letter did more to ____ trust than a dozen formal meetings. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents generate, foster, give rise to

Sentence 8 Reading the original letter persuaded him to ____ his accusation. (6 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents retract, take back, disavow