Because the situation is changing so rapidly, any plans we make to deal with the emergency can be no more than _________________ .

What they call their " _____________ outlook on life" seems to be simply a lack of any firm moral standards.

Recruits who complain of the cold should try to show a little more intestinal __________________ in facing the elements.

Let us not forget that the early fighters for women's rights were greeted with the ______________ of the unthinking mob.

In this scene of wild jubilation, my ______________ roommate continued to eat his peanut butter sandwich as though nothing had happened.

Have you heard the joke about the ______________   loafer who was equally adept at not working with either hand?

Though all hope of victory had faded, the remaining troops continued to resist the enemy with a ___________ tenacity.

How annoying to hear the same silly advertising slogans _____________ endlessly on television.

Because of my inexperience, I did not recognize at first his _____________ attempts to undermine our employer's confidence in me.

The young prince, who much preferred blue jeans, had to dress in the _________________ robes designed for the coronation.

The ticking grew louder as the bomb squad _______________ opened the package found on the grounds of the  governor's residence.

The speaker ____________ all the facts and figures at her command to buttress her argument.

I must have been ____________ of my senses when I bought that old car!

There we were at the very edge of the cliff without front wheels about to plunge into a _____________ ravine.

I soon found out that my supposed friend had taken it upon himself to repeat _______________ every word I said about Frieda's party.

A sort of heaviness in the air and an eerie silience were the first real _______________ of the approaching cyclone.

By studying the reactions of simpler life forms, researchers have greatly ______________ our knowledge of human behavior.

One of the chief reasons for your dateless weekends is undoubtedly your ____________ appearance.

Do you expect me to listen to a lot of tired old ideas dressed up in the ______________ of brilliant new insights?