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The heir's accounts

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Sentence 1 The ____ landlord kept a ledger of every match his guests struck. (7 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents stingy, parsimonious, tightfisted

Sentence 2 The ____ nephew ordered flowers for every stair before checking the estate balance. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents extravagant, wasteful, spendthrift

Sentence 3 Paying a stranger's fare in secret was an act of ____ that earned him no public credit. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents selflessness, generosity, benevolence

Sentence 4 She kept the watch in her pocket, unwilling to ____ her good fortune at the auction. (6 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents show off, parade, brandish

Sentence 5 No single repair was expensive, but their ____ cost astonished the executor. (10 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents accumulated, combined, total

Sentence 6 He accepted a ____ job sweeping the platform while he learned the repair trade. (6 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents low-status, humble, lowly

Sentence 7 For the carpenter's memorial, a bench seemed a more ____ gift than a marble column. (8 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents apt, appropriate, fitting

Sentence 8 The inheritance funded a winter shelter for families left ____ after the fire. (9 letters)

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Synonyms and close equivalents impoverished, penniless, indigent