Walt tends to react slowly, but when he feels that his own interests are at stake he can move with striking ________________.

Nary a ripple disturbed the ___________ calm of the sea on that glorious summer's afternoon.

Instead of drinking the ________________ water of superstition, let us refresh ourselves with long drafts of pure, clean, common sense.

Because the word appeasement is associated with disastrous concessions to Adolf Hitler, it has acquired a(n) _________________ connotation.

His reckless words had a(n) _______________ effect on the already excited crowd, and large scale rioting resulted.

After years of failure to sell a single story, the young writer described himself bitterly as "a(n) _________________ collector of rejection slips."

In an age the U.S. has truly global responsibilities, we cannot afford leaders with _____________________ points of view.

His methods were so complicated and his purposes so ____________ that we were not sure if he was spying on the enemy or us.

As reported in several online news sites, the ________________ accused in the destructive forest fires has admitted his guilt.