After the series of ____ disasters for which he was responsible, he was so hated that he could barely show himself in town.

The class decided they needed to _____ a plan to restore their teacher’s faith in their abilities to do work and to be good students.

On the baseball team, Matt is a natural leader, always taking the _____ to motivate and inspire other players.

It's difficult to _____ him away from the basketball court to do his chores, because he will do anything to stay and shoot baskets.

Sometimes _____ are really not rebels but rather explorers eager to find a new way of thinking or a new way of doing things.

When the white blood cells of the body find a foreign organism, they surround, _____, and digest it.

She kept that _____ of the trip to Seattle all her life, although no one understood why she kept such a cheap souvenir.

Some teenagers _____ themselves into thinking that they will live forever; as a result, they take ridiculous risks.

The conspirators hoped to topple the ruler from her throne, but clever secret agents _____ their plot.

detestable

The lecturer _____ out bits and pieces of interesting information, but he never presented a coherent overview of the topic.

After the earthquake, many of the homeless were _____ by despair, not knowing where or how they could find a new place to live.

Ali Baba's servant _____ a plot against his master's life and saves him, an act which Ali Baba rewards handsomely.

That company took the first step in reducing pollution well before any government agency asked it to, a fine example of _____ in industry.

The work of artists who dare to be _____, such as the cubist paintings of Braque and Picasso, is often scorned by critics at first.