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2. I lurched forward in my seat as the truck came to a(n) _____ halt.
4. The contest judges will ____ the winners by email.
5. The tree has a(n) ______ growth on its trunk that is yellow and flaky.
9. The balloon _____ when Zoe poked it with her sharp fingernails.
11. Tina wrote a surprise ending to her story, hoping to _____ her readers.
13. Grandpa looks much more _____ now that he exercises regularly.
15. Without my glasses, I found it tough to ____ what the teacher had written up on the blackboard.

1. Our problems seem so _____ compared to those who don't even have food to eat.
3. Tim was _____ when he heard that he had won the lottery; he had forgotten that he bought a ticket.
6. As the effects of the medicine kicked in, my headache slowly _____.
7. I was so nervous before my presentation that I could feel my heart _____ in my chest.
8. She chose to ____ her college program so she could graduate early.
10. Constant headaches can be considered a(n) _____.
12. The old, abandoned building was dark and _____.
14. The boy _____ when he saw the size of the needle in the doctor's hand.