| 1. Female whales will sometimes verbally _______________ their young, or even spank them with their tails when they misbehave. | | |
| 2. The _______________ committee will meet twice weekly to map out a strategy for increasing sales. | | |
| 3. The children began running around the room in fear and _______________ after the earthquake. | | |
| 4. My kids got bored of that computer game really quickly, so I _______________ it. | | |
| 5. The _______________ city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius around 79 A.D. | | |
| 6. The story was _______________ told from the point of view of a newborn baby. | | |
| 7. The Aztec Indians used popcorn as _______________ for ceremonial headdresses, necklaces, and ornaments on statues of their gods. | | |
| 8. Tanzania is _______________ to produce cash crops that will provide the income essential to economic growth. | | |
| 9. His failure to complete high school will be a serious _______________ to future job prospects. | | |
| 10. The epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, _______________ itself at a rate of about a million cells every 40 minutes. | | |
| 11. Hundreds of refugees are fleeing the _______________ violence in the region. | | |
| 12. When sugar is _______________, it changes from brown to white. | | |
| 13. More than seven million children in the world die each year from water-_______________ diseases. | | |
| 14. The soldier was in a _______________ at the window, ready to shoot if necessary. | | |