If you are a good parent you will never ____________ your child’s behaviour when he hits your neighbour’s child without provocation.

Suresh is an honest guy, but unfortunately he has a sneaky, sinister look - and no one trusts him. Obviously his appearance ___________ against him.

Manuel’s admission of guilt ___________ Sam, who had originally been accused of the crime.

His lack of __________ led him to invest all his money in a company that had gone out of business.

James could hardly wait for his mother-in-law to leave. He carried her bags out to the car with great ___________.

The boy sat silently as the teacher read aloud her ____________ comments on his performance in the exam.

My grandfather’s gift of several million dollars considerably __________ my financial situation.

The rabbits __________ the cabbages in our garden last summer. This year we are going to build a better fence.

We could not make out the ___________ inscription on the old trunk.

The grades Mr. Gupta gave his students seemed to be ____________. They had nothing to do with what the students had done in the class.

The workmen seemed __________ in their effort to get nothing done.

I had to resort to ____________ to get my children to take their baths.

The __________ of the dinner conversation made me fall asleep.

He seemed __________ at work. He was months behind in his assignments.

Crooked politicians make ___________ denials of various charges levelled against them.

My husband is an ___________ optimist. He always looks at life through rose-tinted glasses.

He has inherited a substantial fortune from his father. It should __________ his financial worries.

Menaka has always been an __________. She scoffs at beliefs we hold dear.