the ___ plants include a rare form of fern, found nowhere else in the world

He took his annual summer ___ with his cousin Catherine.

Melody felt that she was unable to invite guests over to her house, because it would ___ her painfully shy husband.

he is always very ___ to speak to

He is known as a bold, often ___ director

the teacher's ___ moods have a bad effect on the children

I did not ___ with learning to play the violin.

It was not a very ___ beginning to his new career

she played a ___ love song

My meeting with him was interesting, and our discussion ___