Anyone who spends hours, days, and weeks just hanging around is a ___ with the most precious thing we have - time.

Since Ben was confident he could play varsity ball, he was extremely ___ when the coach cut him from the team.

With her lipstick smeared, her hair disarranged, and her hat ___, she was certainly a strange sight.

After we had been playing our favorite music at top volume for several hours, Mother entered the room and begged for some ___.

As I watched the gymnastic meet on TV, nothing impressed me more than the incredibly graceful and ___ movements of the athletes.

His wilingness to experiment with interesting new ideas clearly put him in the ___ of social reform in his time.

The taxi driver was so ___ during the long trip that it was a relief to return to my silent hotel room.

The church bells could be heard ___ ringing through the valley, announcing the end of the war.

After years of waiting, the art collector was finally able to purchase the ___ piece of art by Van Gogh.

The ___ road through the mountains is both frightening and breathtaking.

It would be a ___ to label as biography a book that is clearly a work of fiction, even though its main character is historical.

She should have known that Andre was a ___, unworthy of her attentions, when he announced that he had no interest in holding a job.

For the great number of crimes he had committed, he had good reason to fear ___.

A firm believer in the equality of men and women, Susan B. Anthony was one of the most effective ___ of women's rights.

You certainly have a right to your opinions, but you have become so ___ that you immediately challenge anyone who disagrees with you.

The words in this pair are antonyms.

Synonym for askew

antonym for acquiesce

synonym for garrulous