1. Although sales have continued to increasesince last April, unfortunately
the rate of increase has ____.
2. The form and physiology of leaves varyaccording to the _____ in which
they develop: for example, leaves display awide range of adaptations to
different degrees of light and moisture.
3. Although Ms. Brownfound some of her duties to be _____, her
supervision of forty workers was aconsiderable responsibility.
4. Both television commercials and programspresent _____ view of thematerial world,onewhich promotes a standard of living that most of us can
5. One virus strain that may help genetherapists cure genetic brain diseases can
enter the peripheral nervous system andtravel to the brain, _____ the need to
inject the therapeutic virus directly intothe brain.
6. The fortresslike façade of the Museum ofCartoon Art seems calculated to
remind visitors that the comic strip is anart form that has often been _____ by
7. Although some consider forcefulness and_____ to be two traits desirable to
the same degree, I think that making aviolent effort is much less useful than
maintaining a steady one.
8. The legislators of 1563 realized the _____of trying to regulate the flow oflabor without securing its reasonableremuneration, and so the second part of the
statute dealt with establishing wages.
9. The children’s _____ natures were in sharpcontrast to the even-tempered
dispositions of their parents.
10. Because early United States writers thoughtthat the mark of great
literature was grandiosity and elegance notto be found in common speech,
they _____ the vernacular.
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