A telegram was usually as _____ as possible, since there was a charge for every word used in it.

A(n) ____ student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any grades that are above average.

The speaker advised us not to imitate the ____ kind of person who squanders time and money in the vain pursuit of pleasure.

In spite of all the adverse criticism her ideas have received, she remains ____ in her determination to improve our community.

Despite all my efforts to make this a(n) ____ enterprise, it continues to be a decidedly unprofitable organization.

Our doctor's handwriting is so ____ that my brother used one of his prescriptions as a hall pass.

Some people drink large quantities of orange juice and swallow tablets of Vitamin C in a valiant attempt to ____ themselves against winter colds.

How can you be so cruel as to ____ those poor dogs by offering them the leftovers that you will never let them have?

He was a changed young man after his ____ from Meadowcreek for excessive behavior violations.