2. The reviewer opined that action film directors like Michael Bay seem to find elements like characterization and emotional development _________ to a good movie, whereas more critically-acclaimed directors see them as — pun intended — “critical.”

3. Sandra was entirely _________ by the crossword puzzle which, unlike the simple fill-in-the-blanks published on weekdays, was one of the more difficult cryptic crosswords only published on weekends.

4. The argument that both political parties engage in similar levels of dishonesty is a _________ one; while you can certainly point to individual instances of chicanery on the parts of both parties, one side has built its entire platform on lies.

5. The subject of the documentary was not bothered that the documentarian received such _________ from the critics, but that none of the money or acclaim filtered down to him.

6. The Thin Blue Line, a documentary by Errol Morris, is one of a very few movies that has had a tangible effect on the real world; the film managed to _________ its subject, who had been on death row for a crime that Morris proves, fairly definitively, that the man did not commit.

7. Multi-level marketing schemes prey on people _________ promises of quick riches, and sales rewards such as fancy cars and vacations.

8. According to Buddhist thought, the mark of a truly great soul is the ability to retain one’s _________ in the face of turmoil and tribulation.

9. In a way, the environmental movement can still be said to be _________ movement, for while it has been around for decades, only recently has it become a serious organization associated with political parties and platforms.

10. Einstein’s idea that electromagnetic radiation was divided into a finite number of “energy quanta” was purely experiential until it was theoretically _________ by the work of physicists such as Louis de Broglie and Werner Heisenberg.