1. If you are ________ by your shortcomings, you will not be able to overcome them.

2. No doubt he has achieved much, but I cannot give him credit for all that he boasts ________.

3. The accused protested that his hands were ________

4. The lights went out and the whole city ________ into darkness.

5. The Seventh Plan too ________ the importance of growth with social justice.

6. Engineers have not yet been able to successfully ________ the power of sunlight for the production of electricity.

7. The armed forces swung into action and soon cordoned ________ the entire area.

8. In his address to the teachers, the Vice Chancellor ________ certain measures being taken to improve the quality of higher education.

9. It is true that there has been a considerable ________ in the incidence of rural poverty over time.

10. Despite his tremendous intellectual efforts he could not ________