After waiting months for payment, the technician finally demanded ______ from the computer’s owner.

In wartime, soldiers and their loved ones must ______ the anguish of separation.

The lambs ______ in the field on a warm summer day.

Pitched overboard in the storm, the man ______ helplessly in the frigid seawater.

The terminally ill patient was ______ on his family for support.

The poet grew increasingly ______ as he received rejection after rejection for his work.

After weeks of fighting, the weary but determined soldiers finally ______ their adversaries.

After their chance meeting, the happy couple believed that ______ had brought them together.

Although she needed much practice, the coach felt that the young athlete had enormous ______.

Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning.

perilous

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industrious

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gratify

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ponderous

Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning.

immense

Choose the word in the parentheses that best completes the sentence!

A strong liking is a (poise, penchant, confrontation).

To be thoughtful, especially in a sad way, is to be (pensive, perilous, euphoric).

Self-assurance and an ease of manner constitute (fate, penchant, poise).

To accomplish or to achieve is to (endure, attain, contend).

To give up or to release is to (gambol, flounder, relinquish).

To spend or to use up is to (expend, attain, vanquish).

A great or sudden disaster or misfortune is a (catastrophe, compensation, penchant).

To exclude or to cause to stop is to (suspend, gratify, capsize).

Absolutely necessary or required is (ponderous, despondent, indispensable).

To consider carefully or to think deeply about is to (expend, ponder, vanquish)