1. We ...... him with many promises, but nothing would ...... him.

2. She was ...... because all her plans had gone ......

3. He is usually ...... , but today he appears rather ......

4. After careful ..... the thief ..... that he had committed the crime.

5. Foreign multinationals may be ...... in implementing the infrastructural plan on c6ndition of introducing labour intensive techniques which generate a minimum ...... level of rural employment.

6. Let us ...... with due ...... that ancient India was more civilised than modem India with its satellites in space.

7. She found ...... with me, that I was wanting in ......

8. We cannot ...... such a/an ...... act of violence.

9. We have criticized our university students for preferring the security of political silence. and the safety of ...... to the excitement of social ...... and humanitarian action.

10. This partly explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......