The clamor of ______ voices could be heard clearly through the closed doors of the classroom.

Only in fairy tales can human unhappiness be banished by royal _______.

The doctors and nurses did everything they could to _____ the patient's pain.

(n) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast.

At the assembly the principal ______ (praised) the students and teachers for their successful completion of Summer School.

A _____ person will certainly never have problems making friends somewhere.

My dinner companion was so ____ that our conversation quickly turned into a monologue.

A union contract may stipulate that members are to recieve a ______ annual cost-of-living raise.

(v.) to clarify; explain

(adj.) Causing irritation

(adj.) unnatural, distorted; bizzare

THe students listened to the math teacher ____ the geometry theorems.

It is indeed rare for eyewitness accounts of an accident to _____ on every detail

Some celebrities need to seek _____ lawsuits because of slanderous accusations from magazines.