If only parents could (a)   their hard-won practical wisdom and experience to their children!

Our representative offered one simple but (a)   argument against the proposal; it would raise the cost of living.

In the opening scene of the horror film, a shadowy figure dressed in black (a)   through the graveyard in the moonlight.

Your ability to guess what I am thinking about at any given time is nothing short of (a)   .

As we stood on the railway tracks looking off into the distance, the rails seemed to (a)   and meet at some far-off point.

Before making our final plans, we should (a)   exactly how much money we will have for expenses.

When the candidate admitted openly that he had been mistaken in some of his earlier policies, we (a)   him more highly than ever.

Because our natural resources are (a)   and by no means inexhaustible, we must learn to conserve them.

When I saw the pain he caused others and the pleasure he took in doing so, I realized he was a truly (a)   person.

So long as we remained indoors, we were (a)   to the arctic blasts that swept down on our snowbound cabin.

In a situation that would have left me all but helpless with embarrassment, he remained cool and (a)   .

Isn't it remarkable how quickly a throng of sunbathers will pick up their belongings and (a)   when a few raindrops fall?

The screening committee investigated not only the candidates themselves but also the organizations with which they were (a)   .

Is there anyone in the world as (a)   as a senior who attends a mere sophomore class dance?

The more knowledge and wisdom people acquire, the more keenly they become aware that no one is (a)   .

Only by paying (a)   attention to innumerable details were the investigators able to piece together the cause of the accident.

Antibiotics were once considered wonder drugs, but now we know that they are not (a)   for all our physical ailments.

I knew the dean would accept my apology when she characterized my behavior as thoughtless but (a)   .

Her election to Congress was the (a)   of a lifelong ambition.