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Sheer

/ʃˈɪr/
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(adj) Very thin or transparent.

It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.
It is a sheer waste of time.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The climbers were faced with a ____ cliff face that seemed nearly impossible to scale.

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