to give way to superior force, yield

“The ____ in a chemical experiment is the substance that causes the change,” said the science teacher as he added two chemicals together and watched them explode in a puff of smoke.

Eeyore’s personality is so ____ you would think he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

Forced ____, or the practice of forcing prisoners to work, is still common in some parts of the world.

shameless, impudent

active and aggressive in support of a cause

to scold, find fault with

When the police rounded the corner blowing their whistles, the robber said to his ____, “Sorry, you’re on your own,” and took off into the night.

Anything we could do to ____ the efforts of the Red Cross, from handing out food to handing out bandages, we gladly did.

The ____ concern of the U.S. space program in the 1960s, indeed, perhaps the only concern, was to put a man on the moon.

When I was a teenager, I felt the small town I lived in was a(n) ____ place, filled with boring people who lived sluggish lives, but now that I am an adult I like the quiet life here.

a large-scale departure or flight

not clear or lucid

careless and hasty

____ laws put into effect by the whim of a country’s leaders are a sign that people are living under a tyrannical regime.

Grandma Moses’s ____ artistic ability was hidden until she finally began painting in her 70s.

The debater found it easy to ____ the flimsy arguments offered by his opponent.

to destroy completely

not able to be corrected, beyond control