1. The mock graduation ceremony—with a trained skunk posing as the college president—was a complete ________ that offended many college officials.

2. Giulia soon discovered the source of the ________ smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet.

3. The defendant waited anxiously for the jury to ________ the decision that would seal his fate.

4. A life-long vegetarian, Xiomara ________ when she learned that the sauce she’d just eaten was made with chicken broth.

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

6. Even though he hated to work holidays and weekends, Trevor hoped that his paycheck would serve as ________ for the time spent away from his family.

7. The chemistry professor believed her students could do better on their exams by searching for their own answers, and encouraged the class to apply the ________ method to prepare.

8. Kinnel’s re-election is being threatened by a growing ________ of disgruntled union members.

9. In biology class, Sabine observed the slug’s ________, its barely discernible movement in the tank.

10. I will write a rough draft of the proposal, and then you can edit it for any ________ material so that it is as convincing and concise as possible.