The professor prefers ___________ language in student essays and will give a lower grade for excess wordiness.

They built a ___________ tent out of blankets.

They made a ___________ effort to put out the fire by themselves.

They __________ the dog back to the house with a bowl of food.

He caught three fish with his new __________.

An insect crawled out of the __________ in the rock.

He wrote in a __________ style similar to that of a news reporter.

Attempting the climb without any safety gear was __________.

A climber from Nepal and a climber from New Zealand were the first to __________ the highest mountain on earth, Mount Everest.

I had given up all hope, but she remained an __________.

The secretary gave a __________ account of the points discussed in the last meeting.

The invaders __________ the people to the north and to the west.

The flashing sign of the ice cream store was a __________ for hungry kids.

Alan's little brother __________ his fear of the dark by closing his door just a little every night until his room was completely dark.

The powerful king sent out his army to __________ the land beyond the mountains.

How can you be such an __________ with all these troubles in the world?

Doctors are still trying to __________ the disease of polio.