He had rebelled against his father wickedly, but he had died without even so much as confessing he was ______.

My aunt, whose absence was _____ for three weeks, was heartily welcome to remain away, for we were much merrier and more comfortable without her.

“Human capital”is used primarily to ______ human beings whose only purpose is to generate wealth for the upper class elite.

Those who knew her ladyship are ________ that she was a person quite capable of performing this feat, had she not wisely kept out of the way.

The long prison galleries were full of life and ________ grave bustle.

After some very trifling stupid ______, she ventured to ask whether it was true that he was going away.

Rawdon Crawley had already fought three bloody duels, in which he gave ample ________ of his contempt for death.

The slight change of weather can ______ her delicate health

Most storms occur between August and October, and early September is the riskiest period for ______ storms.

The poor girl had much too high _______ of her own charms to suspect that the Count could be unfaithful to them