1. The (i) ______ child approached the diving board; (ii) ______ water in the first place, he found the prospect of jumping into it from some height even more frightening.
2. Soldier ants are wingless, sterile females that guard the colony and supply it with food, thus acting as both (i) ______ and laborers as the (ii) ______ queen produces enough (iii) ______ to continually populate the colony.
3. The Paris Commune was a government that ruled France for about two months in 1871; despite its (i) ______ reign, it was at the time (ii) ______ as a sign of the emergence of a powerful working class.
4. The property, hidden by overgrown plants, had not only fallen into (i) ______, but appeared positively (ii) ______ by vermin.
5. That the CEO’s son was pleasant enough was not in doubt, but the (i) ______ young man was hardly (ii) ______ enough to bargain on the company’s behalf.
6. He has such a pleasingly (i) ______ personality that it’s hard to be bothered by the (ii) ______ in his past.
7. The substitute French teacher accidentally walked into the wrong classroom, creating ______ situation when she began speaking French to 15 mystified physics students.
8. The (i) ______ young employee was soon (ii) ______ for making a serious mistake that cost the company thousands of dollars.
9. The beauty pageant contestant told the judges she wanted world peace, but her suggestion to bring about world peace was ______ apparently, she naively thinks everyone could just be told to “love one another” and all the world’s disagreements would fade away.
10. Introverts prefer a quiet, reflective lifestyle, whereas extroverts are more ______.
11. While the author’s first collection of short stories presented a (i) ______ hodgepodge of voices, the second collection presents a remarkably (ii) ______ set of tales presented by a (iii) ______ narrator.
12. The transformation of the NFL from a running-oriented game to a passing-oriented game demonstrates that, in any profession, when the ______ proves more successful than the time-honored, industry leaders will embrace the new with alacrity.
13. After struggling to maintain her composure for hours upon hearing of her late husband’s infidelities, the recently bereaved widow finally burst into ______.
14. The virtual (i) ______ of John F. Kennedy focuses on his presidential achievements, legend, and assassination; similarly, as a candidate, verbal and written (ii) ______ were laid at the altar of his wartime exploits.