How easy it is for a nation to become trapped in an inflationary price rise; how difficult to _____________ itself from the upward spiral!

Instead of brooding about past wrongs, I suggest that you declare a personal _____________________ and start thinking about the future.

Shivers went up and down our spines as, in a(n) ___________________ voice, the teacher spoke to us of ghosts, vampires, and the "living dead."

Unabridged dictionaries often alert the reader to common mistakes in the use of a word by including brief ____________.

Appointed by the governor to be the Commissioner of Investigations, she soon became the _________________ of dishonest and incompetent officials.

You may regard her ideas as __________________, but I think that they reflect good thinking and sound values.

I intend to be guided by the ____________ that have proven their value over long periods of human experience.

Today our intricate network of mass communications can ______________ news of national importance across the country in a matter of minutes.

We had many talented players, but the ________________ behavior of a few individuals impaired our team spirit and led to a losing season.

The rules of the club proved so __________________ that it was all but impossible to carry on business.

I now know that Gulliver's Travels, far from being a "children's book," is a work of mature and ________________ satire.

Some sadly misguided individuals seems to go through life trying to _____________ petty advantages from everyone they encounter.

Arriving at ___________________ arrangements in human affairs often requires sound judgment, as well as good intentions.

His fame as a football star proved to be __________________, and he found himself just another young man looking for a job.

Young people who consider themselves nonconformists often go to extremes in their determination to _____________ the conventions.

Isn't it strange that the basic ideas that some economists regard as __________________ are rejected by others as absolutely false!

Young people, tired of being controlled by parents, teachers, and others, often have a strong impulse to gain ___________________.

In spite of the tremendous sales of that novel, I found it to be mediocre and ________________ in every respect.

Few things are more _________________ for a young person than an occasional painful reminder that life is not a bowl of cherries.