To _______ the tide of applications, the prestigious Ivy requires that each applicant score at least 2100 on the SAT.

The plants and animals _________ to Australia are notably different from those _________ to the U.S. One look at the duckbill platypus and you know for sure you're not dealing with an opossum.

With credit card bills skyrocketing, a shockingly large number of Americans are truly _________.

The big houses at Beverly Hills are owned by __________ families.

Listening to his friend's adventures gave him ________ pleasure.

The governors _______ toward his rival was only inflamed when the latter spread false lies regarding the governors first term.

Those in attendance represented a ________ of the city's denizens; chimney sweepers could be seen sitting elbow to elbow with stockbrokers.

He felt that physical labor ________ him.

The calculator rapidly _______ the mechanical adding machine.