Countries with royalty believe that bowing or curtsying is a sign of ________________ and respect.

The football players were __________________ after they won their hard faught battle against their cross county rival.

Edgar A Poe was known for his sad and mourful ________________ that were usually about people that he knew during his lifetime.

The outgoing king believed that he would receive ________________ when he retired from the throne, but his poeple held a feeling of condemnation towards him so they did nothing to celebrate his time as king.

James decided not to go with Pendant Publishing because they ____________________ his book so much so that it seemed unlike anything he had ever written.

Most of us cannot stand Brittney's ____________________ and no-it-all personality. She's a conceited fountain of useless information.

Sometimes all a person needs in order to become __________________ stylish is a Hugo Boss suit and a neat and tidy haircut.

John is unlike any _____________ that I have ever met. He is always dressed to the nines, and struts around in a cool and confident fashion.

Jason told us that he felt like he was in a _________________ haze after he received the concussion from the foul tip.

We couldn't figure out what the problem was with the sputtering engine. This malfunction left us in an uneasy _______________.

An excessively fashion-conscious man

Tending to show off one's learning

a curse

A sad or mournful poem

Something that does not logically follow

Synonyms: Dapper or jaunty

Synonyms: Censor

Hazy ; vague ; uncertain

Martian, a[n] _____________ since high school, had at least nine pairs of sneakers in his closet.

The _________ man wouldn't even go to the gym if he weren't wearing crisp new workout clothes.

Hi habit of looking in every mirror he passed in public had alienated him from his friends, and when he returned to Kings Mills after earning his doctorate, his ___________ conduct drove his family away.

Martin never realized that his vanity _________ his social life ; his ___________ explanations never included any faults of his own.

He reasoned that his food looks and superior intellect were ________ that he would just have to live with

All the citizens of the small town attended the viewing to show their ________ for the late Dr. Clarke.

A local writer read a[n] ___________ that recalled Dr. Clarke's friendly, ebullient attitude and sanguine approach to caring for the townspeople.

The children of the town remembered Dr. Clarke not only as their gently doctor, but also as the man who occasionally stood on the bleachers during soccer matches to shout a[n[ __________ for the little town's home team.

Many of the world's greatest works of literature and drama contain violent or ________ contexts.

Some groups regularly attempt to ________ the works until there is scarcely a book left to read.

Whether people, specifically school-aged children, should be allowed to read such literature has been a[n] ________ of parents and educators for decades.

Some people claim that exposure to immoral texts will have negative effects on young readers ; however, others feel that the idea of children suffering as a result of reading books is a[n] _________.