2. Thought his may not be the smartest-looking blouse I own, I thought to myself, it certainly doesn’t make me look ______________!
3. A(n) ______________ characteristic of every great athlete is the ability to perform at maximum efficiency when under extreme pressure.
4. The old fellow did indeed look like a typical ______________ of the racetrack, as described in Damon Runyon’s famous stories.
5. No honest mechanic will try to ______________ inferior replacement parts on his customers.
6. If I had the time, I could point out many flaws in the ______________ arguments you find so impressive.
7. When I referred to her favorite singer as an “untalented, overpaid, and conceited lout,” she looked at me in shock, as though I had been guilty of ______________.
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Unless you can produce witnesses to ______________ your claim that you stopped at the red light, the mere assertion will have little or no effect on the jury.
9. Psychologists tell us that the years of early childhood are the best time to ______________ basic concepts of right and wrong.
10. The stubborn refusal to give me a chance to compete for the scholarship on the same basis as everyone else is a(n) ______________ injustice to the whole idea of fair play.
11. Among all those pale and sallow people, her highly ______________ complexion stood out like a