1. Kyle was able to ________ the difficulties of an uncooperative staff, an impossible deadline, and a complicated project in order to present the report to the client.

2. As the ________ in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a hero able to capture the audience’s sympathy by continually professing his love for Juliet.

3. Terrance, a dentist, ________ to be with the media, so he could see the concert for free.

4. Searching frantically to find the hidden jewels, the thieves proceeded to ________ the entire house.

5. Having never left the landlocked Midwest his entire life, Albert found that swimming in the ocean was quite a(n) ________.

6. Patsy was shocked to discover how much higher her IQ was than the ________.

7. Losing his entire business to the flood, Bill’s only ________ was to file bankruptcy.

8. Charlie’s ________ behavior made it clear that he had been highly educated in matters of etiquette.

9. I was bored with the ________ conversation of my roommates and longed for some intellectual stimulation.

10. The candidate’s inappropriately sexist remark was met with a ________ of denunciations from the angry crowd.