A(n) ________ chapter explained some of the medical terms used in the book.
Many people later called the police chief ______ for beefing up the force prior to the major crime wave.
My ______ for cutting class and going to the beach was that it was the first really warm day of the year.
Fred insisted that the property line ended at the tree, but his neighbor might ______ the claim.
If you know the ______ of that term, you know it is actually a compliment.
It was _______ of Dina to injure a man with her car and then leave the scene.
It can be easy to ______ a bad decision if you do not think about all the consequences.
Although I know my fear of spiders is ______, I can't go near them.
My father believed that even a(n) ______ man could redeem himself by doing good deeds.
Some citizens _____ the rougher winds in our town to the destruction of trees that served as wind blocks.