I ……………...... you to keep quiet.

In the early 1840s the Grand Duchy of Tuscany had one of the most ------- governments in its region; the grand dukes benign rule ------- both civil and religious liberty.

The salt spray has gradually ....................................... the bridge.

Alice Walkers The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, ------- narrative, is instead------- novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a half million years.

This is the ……………...... chosen for the hospital complex to be built next year.

Conflicting standards for allowable radiation levels in foods made ------- appraisals of the damage to crops following the reactor meltdown extremely difficult.

The Managing Director treated the employees to a .......................... lunch at an expensive hotel.

The theory of the ------- of cultures argues that all societies with highly developed technologies will evolve similar social institutions.

He preaches liberal views but 1n practice, he is not ......................... and is ………………... narrow-minded than almost any other person

In sharp contrast to the previous nights revelry, the wedding was ------- affair.

There is no glory in war ………………………..... the blood it ………………………………. .

Knowledgeable dog owners recommend obtaining a purebred dog from a ………………………. breeder, one who is …………………………….. and respected by customers and breeders alike.

..................... by repeated failures he presisted with his research and finally succeeded in isolating the mosquito responsible for carrying malaria.

While the vintners were exhausted at the end of their first season, they took …………………………… in the fact that the vines would require much less effort in the coming years.