There was a heated debate over whether the cabinet official had been _____ in his duties when he did not report the accounting error.
During the negotiations, the vice-president of one company was sent as a(n) _____ to the other company.
Some of the children in the play _____ too much, while others read their lines with no emotion at all.
I felt so _____ when I did not get admitted to the university that I did not leave my room for days.
The _____ for the theft of the statue has not yet been determined.
Since the critic has not read the book, anything he says about it must be considered pure _____.
Suddenly, Henry was seized by the _____ to leap from the boat.
The baby birds, motherless and unprotected from the rain, looked _____ and pathetic.
The high winds and cold rain ______ us to postpone the picnic.
The central ______ of despair over lost love in the opera is introduced when the heroine takes the stage.