Think twice before casting ____ on his honesty, for he might be telling the truth

extremely strange, unusual, atypical

abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

With a smile, a joke, a second helping of pie, she would ____ him into doing what she wanted.

to punish severely; to criticize severly

Often a show of angry concern conceals the self-serving tactics of a ____.

to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

Some people seem to confuse sophistication with ____.

a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains

very wicked, offensive, hateful

to plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan

not subject to change, constant

George Washington and his contemporaries were ____ against Britain.

megalomania (part of speech)

sinecure (part of speech)

stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation

to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

to change from one nature, substance, or form to another

In search of ____ excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure.