The talkative Miss Bates in the novel "Emma" tediously _______ on details of every subject that comes her way.

When objects that belonged to famous people like Jackie Kennedy and Elvis Presley go to auction, buyers are willings to pay ______ prices.

The laws that the Department of Motor Vehicles _________ on drivers are meant to improve safety on the road.

The title character in the novel "Jane Eyre" differs from other young students in her school because she refuses to be ________ to those in authority.

Winning an Olympic gold medal after years of training inspired my feelings of _________.

In the 1880s Harriet W. R. Strong, who urged water storage in dams, became the first _________ of flood control in the U.S.

Which word or phrase is not derived from the Latin verb meaning "to follow"?

Which word is not derived from the Latin verb meaning "to place"?

Which word contains the Latin preposition meaning "on the outside"?

Although the French King Louis XVI, his queen, and their young son were put to death in 1793, more than one ________ has claimed to be the royal heir.

People who are always late for a deadline place a(n) ________ upon others.

Computers have become a familiar ________ of communication, connecting people around the world.

Any ________ of the art of Pablo Picasso tends to draw large crowds.

In 1990 Nelson Mandela was ________ from his life sentence and released from prison.

Sierra Club members are ________ of environmental protection.