His idea was ______________; it simply didn't make any sense.

He came through the accident ____________. Mamma was so relieved.

After they won the national championship, there was a ______________ throughout the arena.

Hard work made the boys ____________ and strong.

Meat-eaters must produce extensive ____________ acids in their intestines to properly digest the meat that they eat.

The student _____________ his lunch after he found a hair in it.

The ceremony opened with a ___________ of trumpets.

These brightly colored insects _________ about above the surface of the water.

________________ most commonly refers to someone who is supportive of or loyal to someone or something, such as a leader or cause.

The soldiers were given their __________ for the day, but they were still hungry.

The wine was sickly sweet, ___________.

The soldiers visited their injured ______________in the hospital.

The _______________lions tore at the carcass, for they hadn't eaten in days.

He jerked a rifle from its __________________and swung it around with one arm, firing it into the air.

I could just see her ______________peeking out from under her skirt.

Many a batch of flap jacks have I stirred up in that old coffee pot, paying the _____________ 25 cents a pound for self-rising flour.

It is ________________ that mistakes will occasionally occur.

As the night grew colder, the soldiers started to ______________ for firewood.

The Rebels were known as __________________, as they wanted to break away from the Union.

The traveler's severe stomach pains soon alerted her to a possible _______________ infection.

Officials said Booth sustained ___________ injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

He slung an old canvas _______________ over his back.

He makes a ____________ of the kitchen whenever he does the cooking.

The stench from the ______________ and people who had not bathed in a long time was unbearable.

The sailors staged a ___________and took control of the ship.

Many residents suffered from the __________, a disease later determined to be malaria.

A ____________ was declared between the two armies, and the war was over.

The troops ____________________ livestock and hay for the army.

It didn't take more than a few hours of sun for the desert to become an ______________.

The _______________ is much superior in mobility to the infantry for they can move much faster.

He remarked that every horseman carried a _____________ slung across his shoulders and pistols in his holsters.

The attacker's punch was slightly _____________ by the victim's arms.

________________ your dirty shirt and put on a new one.

They admired the ______________ of the Nativity.