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The honorary lecture

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Sentence 1 An ____ historian brought her battered first notebook instead of a list of prizes. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents distinguished, renowned, esteemed

Sentence 2 A single account of the night shift could ____ the lecture with a sense of urgency. (5 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents infuse, instill, permeate

Sentence 3 The speaker's unhurried pause lent ____ to her final sentence. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents dignity, solemnity, weight

Sentence 4 The introduction threatened to ____ the speaker so lavishly that she blushed. (5 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents extol, glorify, laud

Sentence 5 Her ____ work began in the archives and ended as a lecture for the public. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents scholarly, educational, scholastic

Sentence 6 The visiting poet arrived without an ____ and carried his own box of books. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents retinue, suite, attendants

Sentence 7 A room with twenty chairs proved ____ for the hundred people waiting outside. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents insufficient, deficient, unsatisfactory

Sentence 8 The teacher could ____ a difficult idea with one well-chosen question. (6 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents convey, communicate, transmit