Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment.
tambour - A small
wooden embroidery frame consisting of two concentric hoops between which fabric
is stretched.
Synonyms: embroidery frame, embroidery hoop
Usage: She was addicted
to needlepoint and took her tambour wherever she went.
beatitude - Supreme
blessedness or happiness.
Synonyms: blessedness, beatification
Usage: You have it in
your power to raise two human beings from a state of actual suffering to such
unspeakable beatitude as only generous, noble, self-forgetting love can give.
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magnum opus - A great
work, especially a literary or artistic masterpiece.
Synonyms: masterpiece
Usage: "Paradise
Lost" is generally considered to be Milton
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sensibility -
Receptiveness to impression, whether pleasant or unpleasant; acuteness of
feeling.
Synonyms: consciousness, perceptiveness, sensitivity
Usage: With a painter's
sensibility to light and color, he had decorated his home to be a peaceful
place to work.
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scrooge - A mean-spirited
miserly person; a skinflint.
Usage: The old scrooge
was married to his money and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as
divorce.
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