Unit 5

Throughout the trial and the lengthy appeal process that followed, the defendant_____________ed her innocence.

New developments in medicine often lead to discussions of important ____________ questions.

Some high-frequencey sounds are _____________ to even the keenest human ear.

Cases involving robbery and asssault are usually tried under the ______________ of the state courts.

Their story didn't sound _______________ to me.

We had to laugh at her _________ remarks.

The _________ slaughter of right whales brought that species to the brink of extinction.

We have a tight budget, but we make an exception for ______________ celebration on family birthdays.

At many old mills in Vermont, granite stones were used to ______________ the grain.

A person who is usually calm and collected may nevertheless somethimes behave in a ____________ manner.

Most people never stop to consider the words that might one day appear as their own ___________.

People were _______ at the senseless brutality of the crime.

Thanks to the wet spring weather, birds and other animals will have an _____________ supply of food for the rest of the year.

The tiny kittens ____________ in the corner, obviously frightened by the huge, growling dog.

Fair-minded people have only _________ for racism in all its forms.

Investigators uncovered a shocking network of lies and international ______________.

The vivid _________ seemed so real that it completely unnerved me.

Readers are eagerly awaing the ________ to the latest bestseller.

Despite the couple's enormous weatlh, their taste in cars and houses is surprisingly __________.

People who have children often choose a house due to its _____________ to good schools.