1. Frederick the Great of Prussia was known for his (i) ______ under fire during his military victories; however, when confronting issues of domestic policy, this equilibrium sometimes failed him. He was often (ii) ______ with his ministers, who never knew when they might be subjected to one of his tirades.
2. During the mating season, mammals of many species may lie (i) ______ to their mates; yet, for the remainder of the year, some of those species lead utterly solitary and (ii) ______ existences.
3. At the beginning of the 20th century, wealthy business leaders piteously (i) ______ that child labor laws would ruin them and corrupt the youth; one hundred years later, members of the modern (ii) ______ similarly bemoan that any government intervention will bankrupt them and contribute to the moral (iii) ______ of the less-moneyed classes.
4. The library wing was first conceived merely as (i) ______ to address the problem of book overstock until a more permanent solution could be found. Ironically, it was the flimsy nature of the wing itself that attracted such architectural interest and ultimately led to its canonization as a (ii) ______ of its kind. Now a statute exists to protect this originally transient structure in (iii) ______.
5. Though the negotiation was initially expected to proceed smoothly, it soon became apparent that any appearance of (i) ______ between the parties was disingenuous or, at best, a superficial adherence to certain (ii) ______.
6. While some feel that the author’s (i) ______ late in his life (ii) ______ his reputation, others felt that his dissolution added a certain glamour to his biography and credibility to his libertinous tales.
7. The children’s story—seemingly a simple tale of animals gathering for a picnic in the forest—took ______ turn at the end, admonishing readers to always be honest.
8. The plan, if it can be called that, has been more of a (i) ______ vision than a concrete proposal; like many similarly (ii) ______ ideas, it is unlikely to ever come to fruition.
9. It was a fact that the region was both quiet and rural, but what the typically impoverished residents considered (i) ______ refuge was considered by the well-heeled visitors to be an intolerable (ii) ______, and its residents’ lifestyles unpleasantly (iii) ______.
10. The biography, a (i) ______ account of a (ii) ______ life, was a gripping read, though hardly appropriate for young readers.
11. The club had been all male up until 1963, when it began to admit women, who now make up more than 65 percent of the membership; hence, the female club president was both annoyed and amused at an elderly male member’s (i) ______ suggestion that women be shuffled off to (ii) ______ organization where they could play bridge and drink tea without having to worry about serious issues.
12. Although this historical figure had been (i) ______ politician and a brilliant inventor, the professor found himself unable to (ii) ______ the interest of his students in the career of a man with such anachronistic views.
13. Though the industry leader faces prosecution while the smaller company is legally shielded from consequences due to a crafty system of hiring outside firms to do its dirty work, the smaller firm is clearly (i) ______ with the larger one, (ii) ______ the larger firm’s plans to dominate the industry through illegal labor practices and offshore dumping.
14. The organizer of the university’s series of public debates commented that it is difficult to find a suitable adjudicator for debates on certain controversial matters, as there exist topics in regards to which no one is ______.