The major (a)   to Hal's getting a promotion is his laziness.

The horror movie became too (a)   for me to watch when the monster started eating people.

People lost in the desert sometimes experience the (a)   that there is a lake right in front of them.

Harry is such a (a)   . He cheats his customers while complaining about how hard it is to be an honest, struggling salesman.

Ballet dancers sometimes break their toes when they land with too great a(n) (a)   after a leap.

Poems often (a)   an idea. That is, they hint at the idea rather than state it directly.

An actress hired to (a)   meat products on TV was fired when the producer learned she was a vegetarian.

Year after year, the waves continue to (a)   the beach, wearing it away by constantly beating against it.

Because she was just out of college, Faye was a(n) (a)   at interviewing job applicants.