"Ivan, you should never _____ your employees. You will have to correct errors and help them improve, but you should always do so in the spirit of decency and a genuine concern for their success."

Svetlana is a wonderful to talk with because she has accumulated vast life experience on three different continents, and she manages to convey all of this experience and knowledge without a hint of ______. In speaking with Svetlana, one never gets the sense that she feels herself to be superior or looks down upon people with less life experience.

"It is good to make plans, but never forget that life is _____. Life will send surprises--good and bad--when we least expect them. Our lives are truly shaped by forces that we can neither control nor comprehend."

"I am sorry that I am so ____ today and therefore unable to give you any decent feedback on your idea. I didn't sleep at all last night, and I have a nasty cold!"

"Francesca, you are brilliant young woman, but you lack experience in practical matters. When you work in a large corporation, you will be surrounded by people who possess staggering levels of cunning and ____. They will often deceive you and take advantage of you in order to achieve their own aims."

"When I looked at Ivan's paintings, I knew that I was looking at the products of a brilliant but deeply disturbed _____."

compromise : negotiation :: injunction : _____

"It certainly takes talent to be a good scientist, but there is one quality that is even more important. You must have an ______ mind. You must have a hunger to explore the realms of the unknown."

"I am not prone to falling in love quickly, but Helena has ______ me with her courage, intelligence, wit, and strength of character!"

"Nigel is the ______ professional soccer player. He always arrives to the training ground fifteen minutes early, remains on the training ground after everyone else has left, and obsessively watches films of potential opponents. He has even hired a professional chef to cook nutritious meals for him!"

"It is a(n) _____ law of social life that if you want people to respect you, you must be willing to treat people with respect."

"What you take as a self-evident ____, I take as a highly debatable proposition. If you assume that most people make decisions based upon logic and evidence, you will experience a lifetime of disappointment."

"_____ is central to the art of politics. Nobody gets everything she wants, but Everybody gets something."

"Human beings are amazing creatures that can ____ themselves to almost any climate on planet earth, no matter how harsh or unforgiving that climate may be."

"Katerina had to face the _____ of being publicly fired after it was discovered that she gave preferential government contracts to family members."

An axiom might be thought of as an immutable law.

"I suggest that your company adopt the policy that managers are forbidden from emailing their employees after work hours. After all, there is nothing worse than receiving a(n) _____ email from a manager right before a family dinner."

"Nigel, you know the rule: keeping your smartphone is _______ upon you keeping a 3.85 GPA in school!"

"You should take _____ action now so that your grades do not suffer due to your participation in the badminton team. Buy planner so that you can manage your time, and set up a daily study schedule that you can stick to."

"You can plan for the future, but you must accept that even the best plans may go _____. The world has a way of throwing the unexpected at us."

"Nigel was forced to withdraw from the mayoral race due to the _____ information about his business practices leaked to the local newspaper from unknown sources."

"We call Rosemary 'The _____' because she has a way of grilling people until she gets the truth from them."

"Don't bother arguing with Ivan. His opinions are as _____ as a rock. He never changes his thinking no matter how compelling the evidence on the other side is."

"It is always difficult to _____ yourself to the routines, culture, and procedures of a new work environment, but I have complete faith in you. In a couple of weeks, you will be operating like an old pro!"

ignominious : shameful :: obtrusive : ______

"Dimitri, you must learnt to ______. People will begin to shun you if you always insist on getting your own way!"

cognition : thought :: injunction : ____

The Historical Society has obtained a(n) _____ from the circuit court that will prevent the demolition of the Center Street Train Depot, a local landmark that is over one hundred years old.

obtuse : dull :: guileless : _____