His temperate tone ___________ inflammatory content of his speech.

An entire generation recoiled in horror from the _______ of World War I.

His _____ was whether to go to his daughter's play or his son's recital, both of which were on the same night.

The fair had a ________ selection of food; everything from Italian and French to Ethiopian and Indian cuisine was available.

The goal of the literacy project is to ________ illiteracy.

Miranda _______ convention by wearing jeans to graduation.

In the 1960's, anti-war activists _____ student demonstrations and strikes that shook the Johnson and Nixon administrations.

According to Lincoln, the Confederacy's withdrawal from the Union was an ___________.

Courses in English, math, science are _______ for all first-year students.

The unusually warm weather ______ the effects of the ice storm by melting all the ice and snow.

He always went to that restaurant because he was infatuated with the waitress, but he made a _______ of going because of the food.

The pronoun "I" is __________; we is plural.

The motion of the train had a _________ effect, and I had to shake myself to stay alert.

The football team was as _______ a group as I'd ever seen in a long time.