7-12 Vocab

There are brilliant individual scholars sprinkled over the country, but the overall picture is _____.

When my grandmother died, I was in emotional ______for months.

But then, curiously, he did not snarl ______that they were wrong and that he had a sackful of lawyers to say so.

Stopping the ______nightmares proved harder than expected.

Claire's voice ______as she was delivering the eulogy, so she got help from her brother to finish the speech.

In the movie I saw last night, the bad guy had a ______ on his face whenever he encountered the police.

The bride seemed to _____beams of happiness as she walked down the aisle.

Fuel suppliers will ______ the national oil shortage by raising prices to increase their bottom lines.

Downing the frozen yogurt in under two minutes caused a ______ sensation in his lips and a strong brain freeze.

He ______ continued to search through the library for one particular book, not resting for an instant.