1. The doctor’s unapproved “health juice” first won him fortune, but then, after several deaths, infamy as a _________.
2. Although they were already late for the formal reception, the couple continued to _________ because they preferred to lounge about and bask in each other’s company.
3. The player’s exploits both on the field and in the finest night clubs around the world earned him many _________ from his legions of staunch admires — so many, in fact, that his given name was all but forgotten.
4. Most people erroneously believe that the horror of biological warfare was a new and terrible invention of the late 20th century; however, 18th century British generals, with the blessings of their pastors, won a war with American Indians threatening colonial settlements by gifting them the blankets used by smallpox patients, causing a disease outbreak that virtually exterminated the _________ population.
5. The presidential candidate, known not only for the deeply reasoned content of his prepared speeches but also for the fiery brilliance of his delivery, badly miscalculated his ability to perform equally successfully when delivering _________ answers to unexpected queries from the media.
6. Perhaps understandably because of the carnage caused by the terrorist attack, the mayor could not help but _________ over the terrible decisions to be made, even though his subordinates on the scene passionately implored him to act immediately, one going so far as to quote David Farragut: “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”
7. To avoid a lengthy prison term, the convicted financier signed a binding document delineating the millions in fines and restitution that she must pay, and another legal memorandum in which she _________ her former role and financial interest in the hedge fund she had founded.
8. The remark was intended as something of a _________, even if it sounded anodyne on the surface.
9. The famous bank robber John Dillinger would never have been captured but for the _________ of Ana Cumpănaș, a friend of his who had been hiding him in the brothel that she owned.
10. The _________ of the new smartphone may lead one to think that the manufacturer must be raking in the cash, but so little profit is made on each unit that sales of the phone barely affect the bottom line.