1. Family planning is essential because it will help to curb the rapid ________ in population.

2. His speeches are so ________ that I don’t like to listen to them.

3. The head of the department was kind, even ________ towards his students.

4. Gambling is against my ________

5. The driver swerved violently at the turning, and the wheel came off because it was already ________

6. I ________ that my servant has stolen my wristwatch.

7. A light breeze ________ the forest fire and made it more dangerous.

8. The rank and ________ of the party has turned against the leader.

9. Though he took a leap in the ________ by investing all his savings in the share market, he later found that it was well worth the risk.

10. The way he kept knocking over things, he was more like a bull in a ________ shop.