The smells and flies bothered the colonial administrators and the _________ of the dump disturbed the picturesque view of the quaint walled city.

Government money was given out to some people and not to others, apparently without ______________.

He gave what __________ an apology on behalf of his company.

The airline authorities are not expecting a __________ in delays for the rest of the summer.

It’s preferable to _______ on the side of caution rather than risk disaster.

She certainly ________ in a crowd.

To prevent soldiers from rebelling, the commander splits them into groups to __________ one another.

You're not going to ________ with that feeble excuse.

Nebraska has floods in some years, _____.

Truck drivers refused to cross the ________.

Does the wine meet with your __________?

A parent-teachers organization heaped praise _____ Miller for the school's performance.

In friendship we ______ the embarrassment of a dissident disclosure.

The charity will ________ unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.

He was a wanderer with no permanent ________.

They backed _______ of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.

Believe it or not, he has even _______ to swindling his own friends.

I keep cleaning supplies on a high shelf where my three-year-old can’t ________ them.

Students can be expelled at the ________ of the principal.

The editors _________the lack of attention given to climate change.

Banks who _____ the mortgage _______ for years are now experiencing much harder times.

The police officer said that he had placed the man under arrest and that a scuffle had ________.

Owning and living in a freestanding house is still a goal of young adults, ______ earlier generations.

"Have you read the report?" "Well, I ___________ it quickly while I was eating breakfast."

Appointments are available on the 2nd and the 6th of this month but _________ either of those, we could fit you in on the 15th.

The word "prohibitive" is closest in meaning to _____

In the universally _____ Pixar movie Inside Out, there is a scene where a dad is having trouble getting his toddler to eat broccoli, a vegetable that ______ digest in most children of that age.

The word "scorched" is closest in meaning to ____

The arrow was the first true weapon capable of maintaining direction over considerable _______

Besides the fireplace and built as part of it was the oven. It was made like a small, secondary fireplace with a flue leading into the main chimney to draw out smoke. Sometimes the door of the oven faced the room, but most ovens were built with the opening facing into the fireplace. On baking days (usually once or twice a week) a roaring fire of "oven wood," consisting of brown maple sticks, was maintained in the oven until its walls were extremely hot. The embers were later removed, bread dough was put into the oven, and the oven was sealed shut until the bread was fully baked.

COMPARED TO OTHER FIREWOOD, "OVEN WOOD" PRODUCED _______

Beside the fireplace and built as part of it was the oven. It was made like a small, secondary fireplace with a flue leading into the main chimney to draw out smoke. Sometimes the door of the oven faced the room, but most ovens were built with the opening facing into the fireplace. On baking days (usually once or twice a week) a roaring fire of "oven wood," consisting of brown maple sticks, was maintained in the oven until its walls were extremely hot. The embers were later removed, bread dough was put into the oven, and the oven was sealed shut until the bread was fully baked.

According to this paragraph, all of the followings were true of a colonial oven EXCEPT..........

Longer hours spent working at the office, together with the Internet and satellie television, are eroding neighborhood ________

By the time I've managed to get up and repair the ________ of the night, half the day's gone.

The word "snatches" probably means ______