A political ______ is someone who has just been elected and comes to Washington D.C. not understanding how the game of politics is played.

I could tell from the _______, gloomy expression on her face that the exam did not go very well.

The striped bass poplulation is recovering strongly after a(n) _____ on catching them that lasted for several years.

Emma Darwin, sister of the scientist Charles Darwin, wrote a(n)________about her choldhood called Periodic Piece, in which she described her time growing up with her brother.

Marvin had collected so may pieces of Mickey Mouse _____ over the years that he needed to build a room onto his house to hold all of his treasured memories.

When Aunt Martha described the bunny faces she was planning to knit into the pattern for the sweater, Sasha strongly_____, explaining that she was moving to Texas next week so she would no longer need sweaters and that she was allergic to rabbits.

He's so _____; it is hard to imagine anyone willingly teaming up with someone as bad-tempered and grouchy as he is.

It was clear from the nervous look on her face and the wobbly way in which she stepped out onto the ice that Macey was a(n) ______ skater.

This handsome ______ plantation home in Louisiana is brand new, but the design and features echo back to the days of the old south with large front porches and stately columns framing the door.

We were lucky enough to be able to see the _____ through the large telescope at the planetarium because it was dangerous to look at it without the special eye protection due to how bright it had grown.

True natives were those present from time _____ because they had been living there since before recorded history.

Perhaps Mike Emrick's most notable _____ is "waffleboarding" - a term he made up for the way a goalie intentionally directs a puck to a certain spot.

Acknowledging his own ______, Harvey decided that he should probably write a will at the ripe old age of 90.

His testimony was not used in court because the lawyer was able to prove that his confession was made under _____; the officer threatened him if he did not confess.