He intended to ___________ the decree issued by his predecessor.

However, her team's political____________ is clearly beyond mine, an Ivy League Medical Science Professor and NOT a Political "Science" Professor

She looked for some sign of _____________________________ from her parents, hoping her good grades would please them.

Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with ______________

To the Ayatolla, America and the West were _______________; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.

Lynn watch in astonishments as her coworkers ______________ the credit for her brilliant work in the project.

The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, _______________ life led by members of some monastic orders.

He was __________________, working at this task for weeks before he felt satisfied with his results

The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a _____________ to the whole community.