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- 4. The world ____s Isaac Newton for discovering the laws of gravity.
- 8. It's difficult to make a child understand the need for ____. What parent hasn't had the experience of having a child yell out some true but embarrassing fact in public?
- 11. It's ____ of the Millers to build a huge fancy vacation home they'll use only once a year. Why must they make such a show of having money?
- 13. After breaking her hip, Mrs. Murphy was ___, but she became more hopeful and cheerful when she was discharged from the hospital.
- 14. My little sister's friends ____ed at her when she claimed she could do magic tricks. Their laughter stopped, however, when she made a pair of pigeons appear from nowhere.
- 15. Experts say that the ___ age for receiving the measles vaccine is 15 months.
- 17. When Brian said he spent all the money I had lent him on a new sports car, I wasn't sure if he was being serious or ____.
- 19. Winnie was a happy, fun-loving girl when she got married. But five years of living with her sour, serious husband has ____ed her personality.
Down
- 1. Joan didn't take part in the snowball fight, but she ____ed it by giving the boys huge piles of snowballs.
- 2. John Lennon and Paul McCartney ____ed in writing many of the Beatles' hit songs.
- 3. In retrospect, Tim believes his marriage to Lily could have been saved, but at the time, he was convinced that they should split up.
- 4. It will be many years before I can afford to travel much, but in the meantime, I get ___ pleasure from hearing about my friends' exciting vacations.
- 5. Our neighbor is a ___ about keeping his yard neat. He trims the grass with scissors.
- 6. People with AIDS are much less ____ than others. A flu attack that most can easily shake off is life-threatening to them.
- 7. To be great performers, piano players must be ___ with their hands.
- 9. The boys' club has made Hank more comfortable with others. In the past, he usually stayed by himself, but now he's much more ____.
- 10. Anyone with even a ____ understanding of electricity knows it's not a good idea to use a metal fork to take a piece of toast from the toaster.
- 12. Anita is ____ about not wasting her employer's time. Although she uses a computer all day, she never sends personal email or plays computer games until she gets home.
- 16. Not being able to read well is a _____ to most careers.
- 18. Babies benefit from a great deal of _____ stimulation: different textures to feel, shapes and colors to look at, and various sounds to hear.